Mustang Energy Project
{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Peabody Energy proposed a 300 MW coal plant in Mustang, New Mexico.[1]
The plant was proposed to use approximate one million tonnes of coal a year from the Lee Ranch Mine owned by Peabody. In October 2004 U.S. Secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham announced that the project had been given a $19.7 million Clean Coal Power Initiative grant "for demonstrating technology to achieve ultra-low emissions" at the proposed power station.[2]
The State of New Mexico required Peabody to consider advanced combustion technologies in its BACT analysis. Peabody concluded that neither Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) nor CFB technology was a feasible option, for economic and technical reasons. In September 2006, Peabody announced it would withdraw the Mustang plant application and instead build a syngas plant. [3]
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Project Details
Sponsor: Mustang Energy (Peabody Energy)
Location: Mustang, NM
Capacity: 300 MW
Status: Cancelled
Financing
Citizen Groups
- San Juan Citizens Alliance, Dan Randolph, dan [at] sanjuancitizens.org
- Western Resource Advocates, Regina Nichols, rnichols [at] westernresources.org
- Environmental Defense
- Grand Canyon Trust
Resources
References
- ↑ "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants", National Energy Technology Lab, May 1, 2007, page 17. (Pdf)
- ↑ Peabody Energy, "U.S. Department of Energy Awards Peabody's Mustang Energy Project With a Clean Coal Power Initiative Grant", Media Release, October 14, 2004.
- ↑ Western Resource Advocates, "New Mexico Coal Plant Proposals", undated, accessed December 2007.
Related SourceWatch Articles
- New Mexico and coal
- United States and coal
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- 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 (or click on the map)
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External links
- "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed December 2007. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
- "Air Quality and Clean Energy", Grand Canyon Trust, undated, accessed December 2007.
