Ghent Generating Station
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The Ghent Generating Station is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Kentucky Utilities
near Carrollton, Kentucky
. It is located between Louisville, Kentucky
and Cincinnati, Ohio
.
Kentucky Utilities
Kentucky Utilities is based in Lexington, Kentucky and provides electricity to 77 counties in Kentucky. KU also serves five counties in Virginia under the name Old Dominion Power. It is owned by LG&E and KU Energy, LLC, which, in turn, is owned by PPL Corporation.-History:Kentucky Utilities was...
near Carrollton, Kentucky
Carrollton, Kentucky
Carrollton is a town in Carroll County, Kentucky, at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Kentucky River. Its population was 3,846 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carroll County....
. It is located between Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
and Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
.
Emissions data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 12,933,318 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions: 49,913 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- 2006 NOx Emissions: 14,318 tons
- 2005 Mercury Emissions: 413 lb.
- Coal Consumed daily: 14,000 tons