G. G. Allen Steam Station was a 1.140 GW coal-fired electricity generating facility, located in South Point Township, Gaston County, North Carolina, on man-made Lake Wylie (part of the Catawba River). Units 1 and 2 (165 MW each) began operating in 1957; units 3, 4, and 5 (275 MW each) in 1959, 1960, and 1961 respectively. Named for George Garland Allen, a former president and first chairman of the board for Duke Power, the Allen facility is the only Duke Energy station with five units under one roof. The plant is equipped with a flue-gas desulfurization system, completed in 2009, that decreases the air emissions coming from the plant. In February 2021, Duke Energy in a filing to the North Carolina Utilities Commission advanced their planned closure for Unit 3 from December 31, 2021 to March 31, 2021. Two additional units were retired in 2021, followed by another in September 2023, and the final in December of 2024.

Environmental impact G. G. Allen Steam Station has made significant improvements to reduce emissions from the company's coal-fired plants. Allen has been equipped with scrubbers to reduce the station's sulfur dioxide emissions by approximately 95 percent.Allen Steam Station was an active part of the clean smokestacks act.

1995–2001 data + Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions, in tons per year. Year NOx SO2 CO2 200110,67337,0275,487,331200013,05434,0585,914,264199912,08732,1695,619,74219989,65525,2244,508,312199714,09040,0836,627,324199615,18435,2915,545,956199510,97621,2743,661,778

+ Toxic release inventory from G. G. Allen Steam Station for 2000. All quantities are in pounds. Pollutant Air Land Water Total on-site releasesAmmonia 1,605 1,500 3,105Arsenic compounds1,10549,0053,20053,310Barium compounds4,305480,0058,400492,710Chromium compounds99584,00560085,600Cobalt compounds20532,0051,50033,710Copper compounds60587,0052,20089,810Hydrochloric acid5,300,005 5,300,005Hydrogen fluoride340,005 340,005Lead compounds79534,00512034,920Manganese compounds1,205100,0054,200105,410Mercury compounds2001103313Nickel compounds73555,00530056,040Sulfuric acid340,005 340,005Vanadium compounds1,00599,005750100,760Zinc compounds1,00560,00575061,760TOTAL5,993,7801,080,16023,5237,097,463

See also

List of power stations Global warming

References

External links Allen Steam Station, Duke Energy website.