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Address

1-11 Hudson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Neighborhood

DUMBO / Brooklyn Navy Yard

Tags

"EJ peaker" "NYC energy" "most polluting" "power plant"

Owner/Occupant

ConEd

Location Details

Nameplate Capacity: 49 MW
Primary Fuel Type: Residual Fuel Oils
In Operation Since: 1951, additional turbines installed in 1970, original turbine retired in 2004

Hudson Ave. Power Station, 2005 Facility Fuel Use & Emissions Data[1]

Natural Gas (million ft3)	Kerosene (1000 gal)	Distillate (1000 gal)	No. 6 oil (1000 gal)	PM Total (tons)	NOx (tons)
NA	347	1	31,153	63	646

The Hudson Ave. Power Station contains 3 High Electric Demand Day (HEDD) peaking turbines; each has been in operation since 1970. The first two tables below detail dispatch and emissions data per HEDD turbine. The third table details facility wide emissions data.

Hudson Ave. Power Station, HEDD 2004 NYISO Dispatch Data

HEDD Unit	Summer (kW)	Winter (kW)	Energy (MWh)	Operating Hours	Unit Size (MW)
Hudson Ave 5	12,900	17,300	1,159	77	16
Hudson Ave 4	12,200	15,900	1,012	72	16
Hudson Ave 3	13,700	15,400	105	7	16

Hudson Ave. Power Station, HEDD 2000 E*Grid Emissions Data (pounds)

HEDD Unit	NOx (#/MWh)	SO2 (#/MWh)	CO2 (#/MWh)	NOX Total	SO2 Total	CO2 Total
Hudson Ave 5	7.38	1.01	1357	8553.42	1170.59	1572763
Hudson Ave 4	7.38	1.01	1357	7468.56	1022.12	1373284
Hudson Ave 3	7.38	1.01	1357	774.9	106.05	14248

Hudson Ave. Power Station as seen from the Manhattan Bridge

Hudson Ave. Power Station & NYC Asthma Rates by Zip Code

Hudson Ave. Power Station, 2002 National Emissions Inventory (pounds)

Total Emissions	4,103,373.96
Sulfur Dioxide	1,799,907.75
Nitrogen Oxides	1,735,746.52
Carbon Monoxide	207,760.58
Primary PM10 (Includes Filterables + Condensibles)	153,949.62
Primary PM2.5 (Includes Filterables + Condensibles)	134,168.25
Volatile Organic Compounds	33,787.70
Ammonia	31,890.24
Nickel	3,368.99
Formaldehyde	1,329.42
Phosphorus	377.33
Toluene	247.12
Cobalt	239.93
Antimony	209.24
Manganese	119.91
Lead	62.21
Arsenic	52.61
Naphthalene	45.06
Chromium	33.71
Selenium	27.22
Cadmium	15.86
Benzene	12.86
Methyl Chloroform	9.39
o-Xylene	4.34
Ethyl Benzene	2.52
Hexane	2.33
Beryllium	1.10
Acenaphthene	0.84
Phenanthrene	0.41
Fluoranthene	0.19
Fluorene	0.16
Pyrene	0.16
Benz[a]Anthracene	0.15
Chrysene	0.08
Benzo[g,h,i,]Perylene	0.08
Anthracene	0.04
1,3-Butadiene	0.02
Xylenes (Mixture of o, m, and p Isomers)	0.01