Wygen II
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Wygen II is a mine-mouth plant operating at Wyoming's Powder River Basin. It is owned by the Black Hills Corporation.[1] It is part of the Neil Simpson Complex, along with several other plants: Neil Simpson 1 (1970), Neil Simpson 2 (1995), and Wygen I (2003). All these plants use coal from the nearby Wyodak Mine.[2]
The state air permit for Wygen II was opposed by the National Park Service, due to pollution impacts on the Badlands and Wind Cave National Monument.
Wygen II went into operation on January 1, 2008.[3] Wygen III went into operation in 2010.
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Project Details
Sponsor: Black Hills Corporation
Location: Gillette, WY
Capacity: 90 MW
Type: Pulverized coal
In service: January 1, 2008
Status: Operation
Financing
Citizen Groups
- Powder River Basin Resource Council, Jill Morrison, jillm [at] powderriverbasin.org
Resources
References
- ↑ Western Resource Advocates website, accessed January 2008,
- ↑ Black Hills Corporation 2006 shareholder report, accessed January 2008.
- ↑ "Black Hills Corporation Announces Commencement of Wygen II Power Plant Commercial Operations for Cheyenne Light Customers," PR Newswire, January 10, 2008.
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)<us_map redirect="Wyoming and coal"></us_map>
External links
- "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants", National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 22. (PDF)
- Black Hills Corporation website
