• Kentucky Utilities (KU) plant and Haefling combustion turbine station
• Situated at the base of 200-foot high bluffs, Tyrone generating station is 52 years old. Built in 1947 on a 298 acre site on the Woodford County side of the Kentucky River between Versailles and Lawrenceburg, the station is in the famous 'Palisades' district
• Construction started on the site in 1940 and equipment was scheduled for delivery in 1942, but was interrupted by the escalation of World War II. KU was asked to give up its commitment to the generating unit and, in the interest of the national defence, let it be sent to Russia, a World War II ally
• Groundbreaking occurred on December 12, 1945
• Unit 1, a 30MW generator, began operation in 1947. Unit 2, 30MW, and Unit 3, 75MW, were in use by December 1953. In total, Tyrone has a 135MW capacity
• Today Unit 3 is the only Tyrone unit that continues to burn coal. Units 1 and 2 were converted to Number 2 fuel oil in the 1970s and are the only oil-fired, steam-driven units in KU's system. As such, they are used only when demand for electricity is unusually high
• Tyrone station has aged well in the last 50 years. Electrostatic precipitators and other environmental controls have been added to ensure compliance with air and water quality standards
• The Tyrone station has 26 employees
• Tyrone employees also operate KU's Haefling combustion turbine units in Lexington. These three natural gas-fired units began operation in 1970 and contribute 54MW to KU's system
• KU has met the Clean Air Act's Phase II SO₂ and NO_x emission limitations at each station through a system-wide average starting in the year 2000

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