The Buck Steam Station is a 369-MW formerly coal-fired electrical power plant, owned by Duke Energy. There are also three natural gas-fueled combustion turbines at the location that provide an additional 93 MW (and which began operation in 1970), and two natural gas-fueled combined cycle turbines are planned for the near future.[1] Remaining coal-fired units (IDs 5-9) were decommissioned in mid-2011 and April 2013, with only natural gas units (11C and 12C) remaining.
The Buck Steam Station was built in 1926. It is named after a co-founder of Duke Energy, James Buchanan "Buck" Duke. The plant was originally three units, but a fourth was added when the company bought up an order cancelled by the Pentagon.[1]
Dukeville, North Carolina was built as a mill village along the banks of the Yadkin River in 1926 to house plant employees of the Buck Steam Station.[2] In 2014, Dukeville residents were told that "coal ash pits near their homes could be leaching dangerous materials into groundwater."[3]
Addition of combined cycle turbinesedit
In 2007, Duke Energy began to pursue permission to add two new combined cycle, natural gas-fired, 620 MW generating units to its fleet: one at the Dan River Steam Station in Rockingham County, the other at the Buck Steam Station. This was done in order to diversify the company's fuel sources, expand its generating capacity, and to modernize its energy generation by moving away from less efficient, more polluting coal. When the two turbines were added, two of the four older coal units were to go offline.[4]
Demolitionedit
Part of the plant was imploded in August 2018, and another section came down October 19, 2018.[5] The decommissioning was the subject of an episode of the Smithsonian Channel's "Inside Mighty Machines".[6][7][8]
^"Inside Mighty Machines: Power Plant (S1.E2)". IMDb.
External linksedit
. BREDL - Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League - Coal-fired Power Plants. Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
January 01, 1970
buck, steam, station, formerly, coal, fired, electrical, power, plant, owned, duke, energy, there, also, three, natural, fueled, combustion, turbines, location, that, provide, additional, which, began, operation, 1970, natural, fueled, combined, cycle, turbine. The Buck Steam Station is a 369 MW formerly coal fired electrical power plant owned by Duke Energy There are also three natural gas fueled combustion turbines at the location that provide an additional 93 MW and which began operation in 1970 and two natural gas fueled combined cycle turbines are planned for the near future 1 Remaining coal fired units IDs 5 9 were decommissioned in mid 2011 and April 2013 with only natural gas units 11C and 12C remaining Buck Steam StationCountryUnited States of AmericaLocationSalisbury Township Rowan County near Salisbury North CarolinaCoordinates35 42 43 N 80 22 37 W 35 71194 N 80 37694 W 35 71194 80 37694Commission date1926Owner s Duke EnergyThermal power stationPrimary fuelCoal Natural GasTurbine technologySteam gas turbineCooling sourceYadkin RiverCombined cycle PlannedPower generationUnits operational4Units planned2Nameplate capacity369 MW 620 MW planned edit on Wikidata Contents 1 History 1 1 Steam plant 1 2 Addition of combined cycle turbines 1 3 Demolition 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editSteam plant edit The Buck Steam Station was built in 1926 It is named after a co founder of Duke Energy James Buchanan Buck Duke The plant was originally three units but a fourth was added when the company bought up an order cancelled by the Pentagon 1 Dukeville North Carolina was built as a mill village along the banks of the Yadkin River in 1926 to house plant employees of the Buck Steam Station 2 In 2014 Dukeville residents were told that coal ash pits near their homes could be leaching dangerous materials into groundwater 3 Addition of combined cycle turbines edit In 2007 Duke Energy began to pursue permission to add two new combined cycle natural gas fired 620 MW generating units to its fleet one at the Dan River Steam Station in Rockingham County the other at the Buck Steam Station This was done in order to diversify the company s fuel sources expand its generating capacity and to modernize its energy generation by moving away from less efficient more polluting coal When the two turbines were added two of the four older coal units were to go offline 4 Demolition edit Part of the plant was imploded in August 2018 and another section came down October 19 2018 5 The decommissioning was the subject of an episode of the Smithsonian Channel s Inside Mighty Machines 6 7 8 See also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Energy portal List of power stations Global warmingReferences edit a b Duke Energy New Natural Gas Generation Archived from the original on 2011 08 07 Retrieved 2010 07 19 Associated Press 2014 06 17 Dukeville concerns over coal ash 5 things to know The Denver Post Archived from the original on 2016 02 12 Retrieved 2014 06 17 Fisher Hugh 2014 05 06 Riverkeeper Coal ash from Buck steam plant poses toxic threat Salisbury Post Archived from the original on 2016 02 12 Retrieved 2014 06 17 Duke Energy Carolinas Advances Plan to Meet Growing Customer Demand Duke Energy 2007 Archived from the original on 2011 05 27 Retrieved July 19 2010 Whisenant David October 20 2018 Implosion brings down part of Buck Steam Station in Rowan County WBTV Retrieved 19 October 2018 Leggett Page May 8 2019 A televised farewell to a historic power plant Duke Energy illumination Inside Mighty Machines Power Plant Smithsonian Channel Inside Mighty Machines Power Plant S1 E2 IMDb External links edit Duke Energy Buck BREDL Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League Coal fired Power Plants Archived from the original on 2014 08 15 Retrieved 2014 06 17 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Buck Steam Station amp oldid 1141975545, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
