Wabash Valley coal gasification plant closing!
January 13th, 2016
The Wabash Valley IGCC (coal gasification) generating plant was built as a demonstration project, and oh what a miserable failure that was. Such a failure that they’re now shutting down the coal gasification part and will be running only on natural gas.
After it was “finished” it took years of work, with at times 22 engineering contractors, to cobble it together and make it run. It rarely ran at capacity, and often didn’t run at all. Operating costs were through the roof. It also exploded and killed two workers, which made headlines just as our opposition to the Mesaba Project was getting into full swing, yet that explosion was just the tip of the iceberg in the many problems with this project.
Wabash River IGCC plant explodes, two workers killed
More on coal gasification plant explosion
Coal gasification explosion: metal fitting broke, released gas
Wabash River Final Technical Report(it was “routinely” in violation of its water permit for selenium, cyanide and arsenic)
And here’s the good news — IT’S SHUTTING DOWN FOR GOOD!
47 employees will be laid off. Wabash Valley Power Association to cease operations at sgSOLUTIONS
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January 13th, 2016 at 2:39 pm
Good news!