Waste Coal Facilities in the U.S.
| St | County | City | Company | Plant Name | MW | Primary Fuel | Second Fuel | Year Start | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Existing Facilities Burning Waste Coal as a Primary Fuel | |||||||||
| PA | Cambria | Ebensburg | El Paso Corp. / Cambria CoGen Co | Cambria Cogen | 88 | Gob | 1991 | ||
| PA | Cambria | Ebensburg | Ebensburg Power Co | Ebensburg Power | 49.5 | Gob | 1990 | ||
| PA | Cambria | Colver | TIFD VIII-W Inc (Inter-Power/AhlConPartners, L.P.) | Colver Power Project | 110 | Gob | Propane | 1995 | |
| PA | Carbon | Nesquehoning | Panther Creek Partners | Panther Creek Energy Facility | 83 | Culm | Diesel / Fuel Oil | 1992 | |
| PA | Clarion | Clarion | Colmac Clarion Inc | Piney Creek Project | 32.5 | Gob | Diesel / Fuel Oil | 1992 | |
| PA | Delaware | Chester | Kimberly-Clark Tissue Corp. | Chester Operations | 67 | Culm | Pet Coke | 1986 | Paper mill; tried burning tires in 1999; part of the environmental racism situation in Chester |
| PA | Indiana | Seward | Reliant Energy | Seward | 521 | Gob | 2004 | New facility scheduled to go online in 3rd quarter 2004 | |
| PA | Northampton | Northampton | PG&E National Energy Group | Northampton Generating LP | 108 | Culm | Petroleum Coke | 1995 | |
| PA | Northumberland | Marion Heights | El Paso Merchant Energy Co | Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Cogen | 43 | Culm | 1990 | ||
| PA | Schuylkill | Frackville | Gilberton Power Co | John B Rich Memorial Power Station | 80 | Culm | Diesel / Fuel Oil | 1988 | |
| PA | Schuylkill | McAdoo | Tractebel Power Co. / Northeastern Power Co | Kline Township Cogen Facility | 50 | Culm | Diesel / Fuel Oil | 1989 | |
| PA | Schuylkill | Shenandoah | Schuylkill Energy Resource Inc | St Nicholas Cogen Project | 88.6 | Culm | 1990 | ||
| PA | Schuylkill | Frackeville | Waste Management, Inc. / Wheelabrator Environmental Systems | Wheelabrator Frackville Energy | 43 | Culm | Diesel / Fuel Oil | 1988 | |
| PA | Schuylkill | Tremont | WPS Power Development Inc | WPS Westwood Generation LLC | 30 | Culm | Diesel / Fuel Oil | 1987 | |
| PA | Venango | Kennerdell | PG&E National Energy Group | Scrubgrass Generating | 85 | Gob | Bituminous Coal | 1993 | |
| UT | Carbon | Sunnyside Cogeneration Assoc | Sunnyside Cogen Associates | 51 | Gob | Diesel / Fuel Oil | 1993 | ||
| WV | Marion | Grant Town | American Bituminous Power LP | Grant Town Power Plant | 80 | Gob | Tires | 1992 | |
| WV | Monongalia | Morgantown | Dominion / Morgantown Energy Associates | Beechurst / Morgantown Energy Facility | 50 | Gob | Bituminous Coal | 1991 | |
| WV | Grant | Bayard | Dominion / Virginia Power | North Branch | 74 | Gob | Bituminous Coal | 1992 | |
| Existing Facilities Burning Waste Coal as a Secondary Fuel | |||||||||
| AL | Shelby | Alabama Power Co | E C Gaston | 254 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1960 | ||
| AL | Walker | Alabama Power Co | Gorgas | 565 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1972 | ||
| AL | Jefferson | Alabama Power Co | James H Miller Jr | 2,822.0 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1978 | ||
| MS | Jackson | Mississippi Power Co | Victor J Daniel Jr | 1,000.0 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1977 | ||
| PA | Snyder | Shamokin Dam | Sunbury Generation LLC | WPS Energy Servs Sunbury Gen | 283.5 | Bituminous Coal | Culm | 1949 | |
| PA | Luzerne | Hunlock Creek | UGI Development Co | Hunlock Power Station | 49.9 | Anthracite Coal | Culm | 1959 | |
| SC | Orangeburg | South Carolina Electric&Gas Co | Cope | 417.3 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1996 | ||
| SC | Richland | South Carolina Electric&Gas Co | Wateree | 771.8 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1970 | ||
| SC | Berkeley | South Carolina Genertg Co Inc | Williams | 632.7 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1973 | ||
| VA | Chesterfield | Virginia Electric & Power Co | Chesterfield | 359.0 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1964 | ||
| VA | Halifax | Virginia Electric & Power Co | Clover | 848.0 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1995 | ||
| VA | Hopewell City | Virginia Electric & Power Co | Hopewell Power Station | 71.1 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1992 | ||
| VA | Southampton | Virginia Electric & Power Co | Southampton Power Station | 71.1 | Bituminous Coal | Gob | 1992 | ||
| Proposed Waste Coal Facilities (online dates were initial projections, none of which have been met; none have even started construction as of mid-2008) |
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| IL | Franklin | EnviroPower | Franklin County Power of Illinios | 525 | 75% Run-of-Mine Coal; 25% Waste Coal | Under construction in July 2003 | |||
| IL | Franklin | WMPI PTY LLC | Coal or Waste Coal | Coal-to-Oil Refinery (may or may not use waste coal) WMPI website | |||||
| WV | Logan | WMPI PTY LLC | Coal and Waste Coal | Coal-to-Oil Refinery (may or may not use waste coal) WMPI website | |||||
| CO | Rio Blanco | Rangely | Deseret Generation & Transmission Corp. | 80 | Waste Coal | 2004 |
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| IL | Logan | Elkhart | Corn Belt Energy | 91 | Waste Coal | 2004 | |||
| KY | Marshall | Calvert City | EnviroPower | Kentucky Western Power, LLC | 500-525 | Coal & Waste Coal | |||
| KY | Estill | near Irvine | Calla Energy | Estill County Energy Partners | 110 | Waste Coal | Received permit from PSC 10/2004 | ||
| KY | Knott | EnviroPower / Kentucky Mountain Power | 525 | 75% Run-of-Mine Coal; 25% Waste Coal | 2006 | approved 5/2003 | |||
| PA | Greene | Cumberland Twp | Wellington Development Corp. | Greene Energy Resource Recovery Project | 525 | Waste Coal | 2007 | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | |
| VA | Wise | Dominion Power | 585 | Waste Coal and Run-of-Mine Coal and Biomass | Opposed by Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards | ||||
| WV | Upshur | Anker Energy | 450 | Coal & Waste Coal | 2006 | on hold 9/2002 | |||
| Proposed Waste Coal Facilities that were Defeated or Withdrawn | |||||||||
| IN | Pike | EnviroPower | 550 | Coal & Waste Coal | Indiana list of withdrawn power plant proposals | ||||
| IN | Sullivan | EnviroPower | 500 | Waste Coal | 2002 article - EnviroPower closes IN office | ||||
| PA | Allegheny | Aliquippa | Sunnyside Ethanol LLC | Waste Coal | corn ethanol plant that would be powered by a waste coal burner | ||||
| PA | Clearfield | Karthaus | Sithe / River Hill Power Company Inc. | 290 | Waste Coal | ||||
| PA | Clearfield | Curwensville Borough | Sunnyside Ethanol LLC | 15 | Waste Coal | corn ethanol plant (4 million gallons/year) that would be powered by a waste coal burner (15,000 tons/month of waste coal); fought by Citizens for a Clean Curwensville | |||
| PA | Schuylkill | Gilberton | WMPI PTY LLC | Ultra Clean Fuels | Culm | other coals and wastes | Coal-to-Oil Refinery | ||
| PA | Somerset | Shade Twp | Sithe Global Power LLC | SG Somerset Power | 300 | Waste Coal | Air pollution permit application filed 12/24/2007. | ||
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