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Wyoming Coal Plant ProposalsWyoming currently receives approximately 96 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. Two Elk 1Location: Gillette Company: North American Power Group (NAPG) Type: Conventional pulverized coal Megawatts (MW): 280 Owner: Merchant More information: The facility received its air permit in August 2001 and is currently under construction. Contact: Powder River Basin Resource Council is working to oppose construction of new conventional coal plants in Wyoming. For more information, contact Jill Morrison at (307) 672-5809 or jillm@powderriverbasin.org. 2. Two Elk 2Location: Gillette Company: North American Power Group (NAPG) Type: Conventional pulverized coal Megawatts (MW): 750 Owner: Merchant More information: The Two Elk 2 plant would burn 1.8 million tons of coal from the Black Thunder Coal Mine per year. It originally applied for an air permit in November 1997. Due to delays in beginning construction, the air permit was then relinquished, only to be provided again without time for public comment. Air pollution from the plant would directly affect Thunder Basin National Grassland. Contact: Powder River Basin Resource Council is working to oppose construction of new conventional coal plants in Wyoming. For more information, contact Jill Morrison at (307) 672-5809 or jillm@powderriverbasin.org. 3. Bridger ExpansionLocation: Rock Springs Company: PacifiCorp Type: Conventional pulverized coal Megawatts (MW): 500 Owner: Utility More information: The current Bridger power plant has four units and was first brought online in 1974. In response to increased energy demands due in part to oil and gas development, PacifiCorp is considering investing in another unit at the plant – another unit that would use more or less that same technology that the four 33-year-old other units use instead of new, more environmentally friendly technologies that are available today. Contact: Powder River Basin Resource Council is working to oppose construction of new conventional coal plants in Wyoming. For more information, contact Jill Morrison at (307) 672-5809 or jillm@powderriverbasin.org. 4. Dry Fork ProjectLocation: Gillette Company: Basin Electric Type: Conventional pulverized coal Megawatts (MW): 350 Owner: CO-OP More information: The plant, with an estimated cost of over one billion dollars, would be constructed near the Dry Fork Mine in the Powder River Basin, in order to have easy access to coal. Basin Electric hopes to have the project completed by 2011. As of March 2007, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality issued a draft air permit. The construction of the plant is being fought by both the Powder River Basin Resource Council and the Sierra Club Wyoming. Contact: Kevin Lind at resources@powderriverbasin.org or (307) 672-5809. 5. Wygen 2Location: Gillette Company: Black Hills Corporation Type: Conventional pulverized coal Megawatts (MW): 90 Owner: Merchant More information: Construction of the Wygen 2 coal plant began in September 2005 with the issuance of the final regulatory approval. The plant will be the fifth coal-fired power plant in the area around Gillette, and is expected to cost at least $169 million. Contact: Powder River Basin Resource Council is working to oppose construction of new conventional coal plants in Wyoming. For more information, contact Jill Morrison at (307) 672-5809 or jillm@powderriverbasin.org. 6. Wygen 3Location: Gillette Company: Black Hills Corporation Type: Conventional pulverized coal Megawatts (MW): 100 Owner: Merchant More information: According to the Black Hills Corporation, an air permit was recently granted for Wygen III and construction will commence in late 2007 or early 2008. Contact: Powder River Basin Resource Council is working to oppose construction of new conventional coal plants in Wyoming. For more information, contact Jill Morrison at (307) 672-5809 or jillm@powderriverbasin.org. |
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