Carbon Power Plant, also known as Castle Gate Power Plant, was a relatively small, 190-

MWe The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named in honor o ...

coal-fired

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, US, operated by

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. Utah Power & Light constructed its Carbon Steam Generating Plant at Castle Gate in the mid 1950s. Its units 1 and 2, rated at 75 and 113.6 MWe, were placed in service in 1954 and 1957. The plant was located at , about north of

Helper, Utah Helper is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States, approximately southeast of Salt Lake City and northwest of the city of Price. The population was 2,201 at the 2010 census. The city is located along the Price River and U.S. Route 6/ ...

, on the east bank of

Price River The Price River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 30, 2020 southeastward flowing river in Carbon, Utah and Emery counties in eastern Utah. It is a tributary to ...

. The plant, at the time the oldest operational in Utah, was shut down on April 16, 2015, due to new restrictions on emissions of mercury compounds and was demolished in 2016.https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4626204&itype=CMSID/Coal-crush:-Iconic-Carbon Power-Plant-being-dismantled-this week.html

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