The Tyrone Generating Station was a

coal-fired power plant A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide, there are about 8,500 coal-fired power stations totaling over 2,000 gigawatts capacity. They generate about a th ...

owned and operated by

Kentucky Utilities Kentucky Utilities (KU) 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.

near

Versailles, Kentucky Versailles () is a home rule-class city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States. It lies by road west of Lexington and is part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. Versailles has a population of 9,316 according to 2017 cen ...

. It is located 15 miles west of

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...

. It was retired in 2016 and demolished in 2019. According to Kentucky Utilities, the plant's owner's website, it was retired in 2013.

Emissions data

* CO₂ emissions: 468,036 tons (2005) * SO₂ emissions: 3,192 tons (2005) * SO₂ emissions per MWh: 17.94 lb/MWh (2005) * NO_x emissions: 955 tons (2005) * Mercury emissions:

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Official website
Energy infrastructure completed in 1947 Buildings and structures in Woodford County, Kentucky Demolished buildings and structures in Kentucky Buildings and structures demolished in 2019 {{Kentucky-struct-stub

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