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Duke
Energy - Cliffside
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Duke Energy
- Cliffside
Duke Power Rd.
Cliffside, NC 28024
Rutherford County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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Duke
Energy will install a flue gas
desulfurization device (scrubber)
for Unit 5 for controlling SO2
& selective
non-catalytic reduction devices
for other units for controlling
NOx by 2013.
(status as of
June 2004)
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| NOx: |
Selective
Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
online for Unit 5 and
low-NOx burner on Unit 5.
Combustion Modification
on Units 3 & 4. |
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| Sources:
Title V air permit, govt.
agencies, industry, and/or media
reports |
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Units -Year of
operation (power)
Unit 1 - 1940 (38 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1940 (38
Mw)
Unit 3 - 1948 (61
Mw)
Unit 4 - 1948 (61
Mw)
Unit 5 - 1972 (562 Mw)- source:
DOE
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August 31, 2006: Duke Power proposes to triple the electric
power output of its Cliffside plant near Shelby, North Carolina.
The company predicts that emissions of nitrogen oxides will
double: from about 3,000 tons per year to nearly 6,000 tons/year.
Nitrogen oxides are the primary source of ground level ozone, a
pollutant which frequently exceeds National Ambient Air Quality
Standards in many parts of North Carolina. Ozone is a regional
problem; NOx emissions affect downwind counties and states.
Lou Zeller's comments
before the NC Utilities Commission
| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
Unit 1
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Unit 2
|
Unit 3
|
Unit 4
|
Unit 5
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| 2006 |
0.41 |
0.35 |
0.36 |
0.37 |
0.17 |
| 2005 |
0.42 |
0.35 |
0.38 |
0.40 |
0.18 |
| 2004 |
0.34 |
0.34 |
0.40 |
0.41 |
0.20 |
| 2003 |
0.36 |
0.36 |
0.41 |
0.41 |
0.24 |
| 2002 |
0.37 |
0.36 |
0.40 |
0.38 |
0.24 |
| 2001 |
0.37 |
0.39 |
0.41 |
0.37 |
0.44 |
| 2000 |
0.38 |
0.40 |
0.39 |
0.42 |
0.44 |
| 1999 |
0.41 |
0.39 |
0.39 |
0.42 |
0.44 |
| 1998 |
0.41 |
0.44 |
0.40 |
0.43 |
0.44 |
| 1997 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
0.38 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
| 1996 |
0.57 |
0.64 |
0.62 |
0.58 |
0.48 |
| 1995 |
0.59 |
0.60 |
0.66 |
0.71 |
0.38 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
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Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
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| 2006 |
4,177 |
29,128 |
4,140,652 |
| 2005 |
3,987 |
28,209 |
3,929,892 |
| 2004 |
3,825 |
27,683 |
3,642,271 |
| 2003 |
5,840 |
34,977 |
4,541,101 |
| 2002 |
3,633 |
22,098 |
2,841,734 |
| 2001 |
9,139 |
29,559 |
4,049,227 |
| 2000 |
9,437 |
29,139 |
4,167,193 |
| 1999 |
8,597 |
25,409 |
3,827,848 |
| 1998 |
9,623 |
30,588 |
4,341,770 |
| 1997 |
8,563 |
29,541 |
3,746,374 |
| 1996 |
9,772 |
28,878 |
3,847,189 |
| 1995 |
8,035 |
21,563 |
2,784,386 |
Toxic
Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI
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| Dioxin Releases (in grams)
- source: EPA TRI |
For
information, including health impacts, on
chemicals listed, please check out these
resources:
U.S. Library of
Medicine: TOXNET - http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Agency For Toxic
Substances And Disease Registry: Toxicological
Profiles - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
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