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{{Short description|Electricity-generating facility in Indiana, US}}
'''Cayuga Generating Station''' is an electricity-generating facility, located in [[Eugene Township, Vermillion County, Indiana|Eugene Township, Vermillion County]], near [[Cayuga, Indiana]]. Its almost identical, [[coal]]-fired Units 1 and 2 were launched into service in 1970 and 1972, and have a combined name-plate generating capacity of 1,062 [[MWe]]. Unit 4 (121 [[MWe]], launched in 1993) is powered by [[natural gas]], but can also be switched to [[Petroleum|oil]].<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006
  | publisher = [[Energy Information Administration]], U.S. Department of Energy
  | year = 2006
  | url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html
  | format = Excel
  | doi = 
  | accessdate = 2008-07-14}}</ref> There are also four minor oil-fired units (numbered 31–34, 2.6 MWe each) of [[internal combustion]] design. The facility is entirely owned by [[Duke Energy]].<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Cayuga Station
  | publisher = [[Duke Energy]]
  | year = 
  | url = http://www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/coal-fired/cayuga.asp
  | format = 
  | doi = 
  | accessdate = 
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080427151245/http://www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/coal-fired/cayuga.asp
  | archive-date = 2008-04-27
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

==Environmental impact==
In 2006, the plant emitted 86,174 tons of [[sulfur dioxide]] ({{SO2}}) into the air. Its {{SO2}} emission rate per unit of electricity produced was 26.68 lb/[[MWh]] in 2006, ranking 2nd worst in the United States. In 2008, Cayuga Station's [[flue-gas desulfurization]] (FGD) for Units 1 and 2 went online reducing the station's {{SO2}} emissions by approximately 95%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/coal-fired/cayuga.asp |title=Cayuga Station - Duke Energy |access-date=2008-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427151245/http://www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/coal-fired/cayuga.asp |archive-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Indiana|Energy}}
* [[List of power stations in Indiana]]

==References==
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[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1972]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1993]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Vermillion County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Indiana]]
[[Category:Duke Energy]]


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