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New Mexico Coal Plant ProposalsNew Mexico currently receives approximately 90 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power plants, and plans are in place to build more. Here is a list of the current proposals. Follow the links to find out more about each proposal and what efforts are underway to oppose them:
1. MustangLocation: Farmington Company: Peabody Type: Conventional pulverized coal Megawatts (MW): 300 Owner: Merchant More information: In September 2006, Peabody announced its plans to withdraw the Mustang application. The New Mexico Environment Department demanded that Peabody look into Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology as the best available coal technology, and Peabody refused to provide more information about why it believed that IGCC was neither technically nor economically possible. Peabody has stated that it may construct a synthesis gas (syngas) plant instead, but has not provided more information. Contact: Mike Eisenfeld of San Juan Citizens Alliance at meisenfeld@frontier.net. 2. Desert RockLocation: Farmington Company: Sithe Global Type: Supercritical pulverized coal Megawatts (MW): 1,500 Owner: Merchant More information: The Desert Rock plant would be constructed on Navajo lands in Northwest New Mexico – the home to the Four Corners and San Juan power plants. Citizens that live near the other coal plants in the area are experiencing higher rates of asthma, cancer and other diseases. Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment (Diné CARE) and the San Juan Citizens Alliance are collaborating to stop the development of the Desert Rock plant. The power generated by the plant would not go to the Navajo people, but rather into Las Vegas and Arizona. The two organizations are working to educate the community and raise grassroots support both on and off the Navajo Reservation to stop the plant. Contact: Mike Eisenfeld of San Juan Citizens Alliance at meisenfeld@frontier.net. |
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