H.B. Robinson Steam power station

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H.B. Robinson Steam power station is a retired power station in Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina, United States. It is also known as Hb Robinson One power station, H.B. Robinson Steam Plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
H.B. Robinson Steam power station Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina, United States 34.403114, -80.156814 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 34.403114, -80.156814

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired coal - bituminous 206.6 subcritical 1960 2012

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Duke Energy Progress LLC [100.0%]

Background

The power plant was a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Progress Energy near Hartsville, South Carolina, which ceased operation on October 1, 2012.[1]

After the merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy, Progress Energy Carolinas announced in July 2012 that it would be accelerating the closing of the Robinson Unit 1 coal plant by October 2012, but it would remain online through the summer season to help meet heightened electricity demand.[2]

2005-2006 Emissions Data

  • 2006 CO2 Emissions: 1,189,008 tons

Coal Waste Site

Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from Robinson Steam power station

In 2010, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, quantifying the deaths and other health effects attributable to fine particle pollution from coal-fired power plants.[3] Fine particle pollution consists of a complex mixture of soot, heavy metals, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Among these particles, the most dangerous are those less than 2.5 microns in diameter, which are so tiny that they can evade the lung's natural defenses, enter the bloodstream, and be transported to vital organs. Impacts are especially severe among the elderly, children, and those with respiratory disease. The study found that over 13,000 deaths and tens of thousands of cases of chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, asthma, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and pneumonia each year are attributable to fine particle pollution from U.S. coal plant emissions. These deaths and illnesses are major examples of coal's external costs, i.e. uncompensated harms inflicted upon the public at large. Low-income and minority populations are disproportionately impacted as well, due to the tendency of companies to avoid locating power plants upwind of affluent communities. To monetize the health impact of fine particle pollution from each coal plant, Abt assigned a value of $7,300,000 to each 2010 mortality, based on a range of government and private studies. Valuations of illnesses ranged from $52 for an asthma episode to $440,000 for a case of chronic bronchitis.[4]

Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from Robinson Steam power station

Type of Impact Annual Incidence Valuation
Deaths 15 $110,000,000
Heart attacks 21 $2,300,000
Asthma attacks 240 $13,000
Hospital admissions 10 $250,000
Chronic bronchitis 9 $4,000,000
Asthma ER visits 14 $5,000

Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed February 2011

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