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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm}}The developers of this the '''Roundup Coal-to-Liquids''' project have announced plans to produce 22,000 barrels per day of liquid [[synfuels ]] along with 300 MW megawatts of electricity .<ref>National Energy Tech Lab, [http://tinyurl.com/37a5ue "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants: Coal's Resurgence in Electric Power Generation"], NETLNational Energy Technology Lab, May 1, 2007, page 15. (Pdf)</ref>. However, they do not appear to have access to sufficient, coal, water, or financing to make the project a reality. The mine that would supply the coal has been in and out of bankruptcy and permit revocation since it opened, and it is currently not operating.<refname="Independent">[http://www.missoulanews.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=1FBF5B4E-1372-FCBB-8348F6CEB7453B1B "Pipe Dream: Hopes for a coal-powered future darken by the day"], ''Missoula Independent'', September 20, 2007.</ref>.
In July 2007, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality ruled that BMD could not reuse its permit for the originally proposed Roundup plant, but rather must begin a new permitting process . <ref>http://www.missoulanews.com/index.cfm?doname=article.details&id=1FBF5B4E-1372-FCBB-8348F6CEB7453B1B "Pipe Dream: Hopes for a coal-powered future darken by the dayIndependent"], ''Missoula Independent'', September 20, 2007</ref>. The company is currently in litigation with disappointed investors , and DKRW, a gasification company that had earlier entered into a preliminary partnership with Bull Mountain Development, now says it has "no official connection to the plant."<ref>[http://www.newwest.net/city/article/clean_coal_still_a_distant_vision/C8/L8/ "Clean Coal Still a Distant Vision"], ''New West Missoula'', December 7, 2007.</ref>.
==Project Details==
'''Sponsor: ''' Bull Mountain Development<br>'''Location: ''' Billings, MT<br>'''Capacity: ''' 300 MW coal-to-liquids<br>'''Projected in service: ''' TBD<br>'''Status: Proposed''' Cancelled<br>
==Financing==
==Citizen Groups==
*[http://www.northernplains.org/ Northern Plains Resource Council], info [at] northernplains.org*[http://www.meic.org/ Montana Environmental Information Center], Anne Hedges, ahedges [at] meic.org
==Resources==
===Related SourceWatch Articles===
*[[Roundup Power Project]]
*[[Montana and coal]]
*[[United States and coal]]
*[[Carbon Capture and Storage]]
*[[Existing U.S. Coal Plants]]
*[[:category:Proposed coal plants in the United States|US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)]]
*[[Coal plants cancelled in 2007]]
*[[Coal plants cancelled in 2008]]
*[[State-by-State Guide to Information on Coal in the United States|State-by-state guide to information on coal in the United States]] '''(or click on the map)'''
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===External Linkslinks ===* Sierra Club, [http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed December 2007. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)*[http://www.montanariveraction.org/coal-power-plants.html Roundup Coal-Fired Power Plant], Montana River Action, accessed January 2008.*[http://www.westernresourceadvocates.org/energy/coal/montana.php Montana Coal Plant Proposals], Western Resource Advocates, accessed January 2008
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