Fisk Generating Station
Encyclopedia
The Fisk Generating Station, also known as Fisk Street Generating Station located at 1111 West Cermak Road in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago
, Illinois
, in the United States
, is a medium-size, legacy coal-fired electric generating station not covered by current Clean Air Act
emission standards. A 2002 Harvard School of Public Health study found communities near these older coal power plants showed significant health risks such as increased mortality and asthma
rates. Fisk Generating Station was one of the named plants in the study, as well as the Crawford Generating Station in the Little Village neighborhood.
-fired back-up units:
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
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, in the United States
United States
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, is a medium-size, legacy coal-fired electric generating station not covered by current Clean Air Act
Clean Air Act
A Clean Air Act is one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of airborne contaminants, smog and air pollution in general. The use by governments to enforce clean air standards has contributed to an improvement in human health and longer life spans...
emission standards. A 2002 Harvard School of Public Health study found communities near these older coal power plants showed significant health risks such as increased mortality and asthma
Asthma
Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...
rates. Fisk Generating Station was one of the named plants in the study, as well as the Crawford Generating Station in the Little Village neighborhood.
Units
In addition to the main coal-fired unit, the station has a number of keroseneKerosene
Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, also known as paraffin or paraffin oil in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland and South Africa, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros...
-fired back-up units:
| Unit | Nameplate capacity (MWe MWE MWE may refer to:*Manufacturer's Weight Empty*McDermott Will & Emery*Midwest Express, an airline*Merowe Airport - IATA code*Multiword expressionMWe may refer to:*Megawatt electrical... ) |
Commissioning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 374 | 1968 | Main coal-fired unit (active) |
| 311 | 38 | 1968 | Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 312 | 38 | 1968 | Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 321 | 38 | 1968 | Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 322 | 38 | 1968 | Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 331 | 38 | 1968 | Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 332 | 38 | 1968 | Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 341 | 38 | 1968 | Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |
| 342 | 22.8 | 1968 | Kerosene-fired unit (back-up) |