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Gibson Generating Station
The Gibson Generating Station is a coal-burning power plant located at the northern end of northern Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States. It is close to the Wabash River, 1.5 miles southeast of Mount Carmel, Illinois, 2 miles south of the mouth of the Patoka River, and 4 miles south of the mouth of the White River. The closest Indiana communities are Owensville 7.5 miles to the southeast of the plant, and Princeton, 10.5 miles to the east. With a 2013 aggregate capacity among its five units of 3,340 megawatts, it is the largest power plant run by Duke Energy,〔http://www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/coal-fired/gibson.asp Duke Energy - Gibson Generating Station〕 the third-largest coal power plant in the world, and the tenth-largest electrical plant in the United States,〔http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/rankings/plantsbycapacity.htm Power plants by capacity - United States DOE〕 With the reduction of Nanticoke Generating Station, it became the largest coal power plant in North America by generated power late in 2012. Also on the grounds of the facility is a large man-made lake called Gibson Lake which is used as a cooling pond for the plant. Neighboring the plant is a Duke-owned, publicly accessible access point to the Wabash River near a small island that acts as a wildlife preserve. This is the nearest boat-ramp to Mount Carmel on the Indiana side of the river. Located immediately south of Gibson Lake, the plant's cooling pond, is the Cane Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, the newest unit of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area. Opened in August 2006, this area serves as a nesting ground for the least tern, a rare bird. Cane Ridge NWR is reportedly the easternmost nesting ground for the bird in the U.S. The Gibson Generating Station is connected to the power grid via five 345 KV and one 138 KV transmission lines to 79 Indiana counties including the Indianapolis area and a sixth 345 KV line running from GGS to Evansville and Henderson, owned by Vectren and Kenergy.〔(This page has moved )〕
==History==
Gibson Generating Station was originally built as a two-unit coal-fired power plant in 1972 by Public Service Indiana (PSI). The 1970s saw the addition of Units 3, 4, and 5 in 1982, but only two more stacks. In the 1990s, number 4 was separated from number 3's stack and each was given its own stack.
Cinergy took over PSI in 1995. During this time, all five units were fitted with new Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) units, mounted on the back of each unit. During this construction, one of the largest cranes in the world was erected at GGS. Despite this the station only had 4 stacks for 5 units. Units 1 & 2 still shared a single-flued smokestack and Unit 3 was still using the old 3 & 4 smokestack (the two darker smokestacks in the above photograph).
Duke Energy took over Cinergy in May, 2006.
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