PacifiCorp Sweetwater Project
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} PacifiCorp had planned to build a coal gasification and carbon sequestration demonstration project at the same site as its Jim Bridger Unit 5. The project was a partnership with the state of Wyoming; PacifiCorp was selected by the state Infrastructure Authority in April 2007, out of 17 companies that had presented IGCC proposals to the state.[1][2]
On Dec. 6, 2007, PacifiCorp announced that it was no longer pursuing this project, or the Jim Bridger 5 project, due to “the time frame and the uncertainty around coal, based on climate change issues.”[3]
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Project Details
Sponsor: PacifiCorp
Location: Sweetwater County, WY
Capacity: 450 MW
Type: IGCC
Status: Cancelled (12/07)
Financing
Citizen Groups
Resources
References
- ↑ Board Picks Finalists for Gasification Plants, Billings Gazette, February 1, 2007.
- ↑ Wyoming Infrastructure Authority press release, accessed January 2008.
- ↑ PacifiCorp Cancels Wyoming Coal Projects, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, December 11, 2007.
Related SourceWatch Articles
- 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
- Wyoming and coal
- State-by-state guide to information on coal in the United States (or click on the map)
External links
- "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants", National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 23. (PDF)
- "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
- PacifiCorp website
