Cash Creek Generation
{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Cash Creek Generation is a proposed coal plant in Henderson County, Kentucky. [1]
The Erora Group has proposed to build a 770 MW IGCC coal plant near Owensboro, in Henderson County, Kentucky. In October 2006, the company announced that it had received financing commitments from global energy financier D. E. Shaw Group.[2] In January 2007, GE Energy Financial Services acquired 20% of the project. The draft permit for the plant has been issued. In June 2007, the Warrick County Commissioners and the Newburgh Town Council voted to formally object to the air pollution permit for the plant. At a highly contentious public hearing on June 29, dozens of area residents expressed opposition to the plant.[3]On Nov. 30, 2007, Erora announced that the Kentucky Division for Air Quality had approved the air permit for the plant; the project still needs additional regulatory approval, and construction is expected to begin in 2008.[4] Valley Watch is leading the opposition to the plant.
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Project Details
Sponsor: Erora Group, LLC
Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Capacity: 770 MW
Type: IGCC
Projected in service: 2012
Status: Permitting
Financing
Citizen Groups
- Valley Watch contact [at] valleywatch.net
Resources
References
- ↑ National Energy Tech Lab,“Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants,” National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 13. (Pdf)
- ↑ The D. E. Shaw Group Invests in The ERORA Group (pdf) Erora Group Press Release, October 18, 2006
- ↑ “Power Plant Hearing Fills Up”
- ↑ Kentucky Advanced-Coal Project Obtains Air Permit Reuters, November 30, 2007
Related SourceWatch Articles
External Links
- "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
- “Power Plant is a Concern to Newburgh”, Tri-State Media, June 6, 2007
- “Air Quality”, Evansville Courier Press, June 17, 2007
- Erora Group, LLC
