Cane Run Generating Station

{{Infobox power station

| name = Cane Run Station

| image = Cane Run Station 2007.jpg

| image_caption = Cane Run Station's former coal units viewed from the Louisville Loop bike trail

| country = United States

| location = Louisville, Kentucky

| coordinates = {{coord|38|10|36.03|N|85|53|28.07|W|region:US-KY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| owner = Louisville Gas and Electric

| status = O

| th_fuel_primary = Natural gas

| ps_cooling_source = Ohio River

| ps_combined_cycle =

| ps_units_operational = 1

| ps_electrical_capacity = 640 MW

| commissioned = Unit 1: 1954
Unit 2: 1956
Unit 3: 1958
Unit 4: 1962
Unit 5: 1966
Unit 6: 1969
Unit 7: 2015

| decommissioned = Units 1–3: 1987
Unit 6: March 2015
Units 4–5: June 2015

}}

The Cane Run Generating Station is a 640 megawatt (MW), natural gas power plant owned and operated by Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E). It is {{convert|10|mi|km}} southwest of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, in its Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood. It was formerly a coal power plant until 2015.

History

Cane Run began operation on its first unit in 1954 and expanded to six units by 1969.{{cite web|url=https://lge-ku.com/cane-run/history|title=History of Cane Run Plant|publisher=Louisville Gas and Electric|accessdate=October 9, 2017}} Its total generating capacity was 943 (MW). Sulfur dioxide ({{chem|S|O|2}}) scrubber technology, pioneered by LG&E, were installed at this plant in 1973. President Jimmy Carter visited the plant in July 1979 to promote energy security during the 1979 energy crisis.{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=32678|title=Jimmy Carter: Louisville, Kentucky Remarks Following a Tour of the Cane Run Generating Station of the Louisville Gas & Electric Company.|last1=Peters|first1=Gerhard|last2=Woolley|first2=John T.|publisher=The American Presidency Project|date=July 31, 1979|accessdate=October 9, 2017}} Units 1-3 were retired in 1987. The power plant was mired in a lawsuit in 2013 from nearby residents over its dispersion of coal ash.{{cite news|url=http://wfpl.org/cane-run-power-plant-neighbors-sue-lge-over-coal-ash/|title=Cane Run Power Plant Neighbors Sue LG&E Over Coal Ash|last=Peterson|first=Erica|publisher=WFPL|date=December 18, 2013|accessdate=October 9, 2017}} In preparation of converting to natural gas, Unit 6 was shut down in March 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/03/30/lge-shut-one-three-remaining-cane-run-coal-units-tuesday/70693246/|title=LG&E starts shutting down Cane Run power plant|last=Bruggers|first=James|publisher=The Courier-Journal|date=March 30, 2015|accessdate=October 9, 2017}} The final two units went offline in June 2015. At the same time, construction of Unit 7 was completed and began running on natural gas.{{cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/07/06/lge-ku-energy-dedicates-new-natural-gas-power-plant-cane-run-property/29762011/|title=Sixty years of coal burning ends at LG&E plant|last=Bruggers|first=James|publisher=The Courier-Journal|date=July 7, 2015|accessdate=October 9, 2017}} The former coal power plant structure was demolished by implosion on June 8, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/06/08/louisville-cane-run-generating-station-boiler-house-and-smokestacks-demolished/1385860001/|title=Boiler house and smokestacks at Louisville's Cane Run Generating Station demolished|last=Ladd|first=Sarah|website=The Courier-Journal|date=June 8, 2019|access-date=June 9, 2019}}

References

External links

[https://lge-ku.com/our-company/community/neighbor-neighbor/cane-run-generating-station Official website]

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1962

Category:Former coal-fired power stations in the United States

Category:Natural gas-fired power stations in Kentucky

Category:1962 establishments in Kentucky

Category:Infrastructure in Louisville, Kentucky

Cane Run Generating Station

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