Sparrows Point
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} The buyer of the Sparrows Point steel mill told workers that it was considering adding a coal-fired power plant at the site of the mill, using the plant to power the mill, and selling excess electricity to the grid.[1]
As of August 2008, Maryland's air permitting agency has not received a draft air permit application and there is no expected timeline for the application.[2]
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Project Details
Sponsor: Esmarck
Location: Baltimore County, Maryland
Size: Between 120 and 1000 megawatts (MW)
Type: To be decided
Status: Under study
Financing
Citizen Groups
Resources
References
- ↑ Paul Adams, “Buyer of Sparrows Point Planning Major Expansion,” BaltimoreSun.com, August 7, 2007.
- ↑ "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed December 2007. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
Related SourceWatch Articles
- Maryland 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.)
- "Sparrows Point Wins OK", Baltimore Sun, January 21, 2008
