Global InformationDanskammer Generating Station information
| Danskammer Generating Station | |
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 A view of the Danskammer Generating Station in Newburgh, NY as seen from a train travelling on the other side of the Hudson River. | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Newburgh, NY |
| Coordinates | 41°34′22″N 73°57′53″W / 41.57278°N 73.96472°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Unit 1 (RFO/gas): Dec. 1951 Unit 2 (RFO/gas): Sep. 1954 Unit 3 (coal/gas): Oct. 1959 Unit 4 (coal/gas): Sep. 1967 Units 5,6 (DFO): Jan. 1967 (decommissioned) |
| Owner(s) | Danskammer Energy, LLC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Cooling source | Hudson River |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 537 MWe (nameplate) 502 MWe (winter) |
Danskammer Generating Station is located on the shore of the Hudson River in the Town of Newburgh, New York, United States, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) upstream of the larger oil-fired Roseton Generating Station. Danskammer 'units 1 and 2 burn natural gas as a primary fuel, and oil as a backup fuel (72 and 73.5 MWe nameplate capacity), whereas units 3 and 4 are exclusively fired with natural gas (147.1 and 239.4 MWe nameplate capacity).[1]
The station was built by Central Hudson Gas & Electric in the 1950s, and sold to Dynegy in 2001 as part of electricity deregulation. The plant was severely flooded in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and Dynegy sold the plant to Helios Power Capital, LLC in 2013. Helios in turn sold the plant to Mercuria Energy Group, who sold it to Tiger Infrastructure, a private equity firm based on 5th Avenue in New York City, and Agate Power. As of 2018, it is owned by Danskammer Energy, LLC. In 2018, Danskammer Energy filed an application with the New York State Public Service Commission to build a new, larger plant uphill of the current site that would be a more efficient combined cycle facility with an air cooled condenser to reduce water draw,[2] and which would run as a baseload station (able to run all the time), rather than a peaker plant (running just a few hours per week).
The peaker plant has been the target of a prolonged environmental lawsuit over its cooling system. The proposed baseload plant has also garnered community protest.[citation needed]
- ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2008" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ NYSPSC case no. 18-F-0325