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Stopping the Coal Rush

Find up to date status information about proposed coal plants across the country.  To be put in touch with activists in your area email us!

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LEGEND: Active=Active () Upcoming=Upcoming () Uncertain=Uncertain () Victory!=Victory! () Progressing=Progressing () No Status=No Status ()
Status State Name Size(MW) Technology/Plant Type Fuel Type Finance
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Victory AK Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association’s Mat-Su plant 100 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) 631,833
    Find about more about Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association’s Mat-Su plant.
Victory AK Alaska - Nuvista 100
    Find about more about Alaska - Nuvista.
Victory AK Alaska -Agrium Coal Gasification 350 Coal-to-Syngas
    Find about more about Alaska -Agrium Coal Gasification.
Active AR Arkansas – Hempstead (AEP) 600 Ultra Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB) Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs 6,947,778
    Find about more about Arkansas – Hempstead (AEP).
Active AR Arkansas: Plum Point 665 Conventional Powder River Basin (PRB) Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs 4,165,484
    Find about more about Arkansas: Plum Point.
Victory AZ Arizona - Bowie IGCC Power Station 600 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Sub-Bituminous 784,953
    Find about more about Arizona - Bowie IGCC Power Station.
Progressing AZ Arizona - Springerville 400

JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo

 

 *6,700,000
    Find about more about Arizona - Springerville .
Victory CO Colorado - AES Colorado Power Project 640
    Find about more about Colorado - AES Colorado Power Project.
Victory CO Colorado - Buick Coal and Power Project 500 Conventional pulverized Mine mouth
    Find about more about Colorado - Buick Coal and Power Project.
Progressing CO Colorado - Comanche 750 Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB) Citi, Morgan Stanely, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs. 6,511,439
    Find about more about Colorado - Comanche .
Victory CO Colorado - DOE / Foster Wheeler 150 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB)
    Find about more about Colorado - DOE / Foster Wheeler.
Victory CO Colorado - LS Power High Plains Energy Station 600
    Find about more about Colorado - LS Power High Plains Energy Station.
Victory CO Colorado - Xcel IGCC plant 600 IGCC
    Find about more about Colorado - Xcel IGCC plant.
Victory DE Delaware - Indian River Expansion (IGCC) 630 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Citi, Morgan Stanely, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs 2,528,895
    Find about more about Delaware - Indian River Expansion (IGCC).
Victory FL Florida - Orange County IGCC Plant (Orlando Utilities Commission and Southern Company) 285 IGCC

Citi, Morgan Stanely, Goldman Sachs, and Lehman Brothers
    Find about more about Florida - Orange County IGCC Plant (Orlando Utilities Commission and Southern Company).
Active FL Florida - Seminole 750 Supercritical 5,190,172
    Find about more about Florida - Seminole.
Victory FL Florida - St. Lucie (Florida Power and Light) n/a IGCC
    Find about more about Florida - St. Lucie (Florida Power and Light).
Victory FL Florida - Taylor Energy Center 800 Supercritical Sub-Bituminious, Bituminous, Petcoke 4,631,673
    Find about more about Florida - Taylor Energy Center.
Victory FL Florida – Polk Power Station 6 630 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) 3,249,169
    Find about more about Florida – Polk Power Station 6.
Victory FL Florida- Glades 1960 Supercritical Bituminous Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley 13,200,000
    Find about more about Florida- Glades.
Active GA Georgia - Longleaf 1200 Conventional Pulverized Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley.  *9,000,000
    Find about more about Georgia - Longleaf.
Active GA Georgia - Washington County Power Station 850 Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB)
    Find about more about Georgia - Washington County Power Station.
Progressing IA Iowa - Council Bluffs Energy Center 4 790 Supercritical Sub-Bituminous Citi, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs 6,790,243
    Find about more about Iowa - Council Bluffs Energy Center 4.
Victory IA Iowa - Dairyland Power Cooperative 400
    Find about more about Iowa - Dairyland Power Cooperative.
Active IA Iowa - Interstate Power & Light's Marshalltown power plant 600 Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB) Citi, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo
    Find about more about Iowa - Interstate Power & Light's Marshalltown power plant.
Active IA Iowa - LS Power Elk Run Energy Station 750 Conventional Pulverized Sub-Bituminious Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley. 4,339,799
    Find about more about Iowa - LS Power Elk Run Energy Station.
Active ID Idaho - American Falls 500 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)

 

 676,235
    Find about more about Idaho - American Falls.
Victory ID Idaho - Idaho Power Company 250 IGCC
    Find about more about Idaho - Idaho Power Company.
Victory ID Idaho - Mountain Island Energy Holdings 600
    Find about more about Idaho - Mountain Island Energy Holdings.
Victory ID Idaho - Sempra Energy Jerome Plant 600
    Find about more about Idaho - Sempra Energy Jerome Plant.
Victory IL Illinois - Cornbelt 91 Low Emission Boiler Systems (LEBS) Waste Coal
    Find about more about Illinois - Cornbelt.
Active IL Illinois - EnviroPower 600 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Bituminous, Waste Coal 3,045,755
    Find about more about Illinois - EnviroPower.
Victory IL Illinois - FutureGen 275 Experimental
    Find about more about Illinois - FutureGen.
Victory IL Illinois - Illinois Energy Group 1500 Bituminous
    Find about more about Illinois - Illinois Energy Group .
Victory IL Illinois - Indeck 600 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Bituminous 3,818,597
    Find about more about Illinois - Indeck.
Active IL Illinois - Prairie State/Peabody 1,500 Conventional Pulverized Bituminous Bank of America, Citi, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo 9,568,564
    Find about more about Illinois - Prairie State/Peabody.
Victory IL Illinois - Rentech 76 IGCC
    Find about more about Illinois - Rentech.
Active IL Illinois - Secure Energy Decatur Gasification Plant Coal-to-Syngas Bituminous
    Find about more about Illinois - Secure Energy Decatur Gasification Plant.
Victory IL Illinois - SIUC Power Plant 200 IGCC
    Find about more about Illinois - SIUC Power Plant.
Progressing IL Illinois - Springfield 200 1,359,527
    Find about more about Illinois - Springfield.
Victory IL Illinois - Steelhead Energy 545 IGCC
    Find about more about Illinois - Steelhead Energy.
Progressing IL Illinois - Taylorville Energy Center 630 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Bituminous 826,175
    Find about more about Illinois - Taylorville Energy Center.
Victory IL Illinois - Turris Coal Company 35 Bituminous
    Find about more about Illinois - Turris Coal Company.
Active IN Indiana - Duke Energy/Vectren 630 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Bituminous Citi, Credit Suisee, Goldman Sachs, Merill Lynch 4,095,000
    Find about more about Indiana - Duke Energy/Vectren.
Victory IN Indiana - EnviroPower 500 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Waste Coal
    Find about more about Indiana - EnviroPower.
Active IN Indiana - Indiana Gasification 134 Coal-to-Gas
    Find about more about Indiana - Indiana Gasification .
Victory IN Indiana - Tondu Corporation 630 IGCC
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Victory KS Kansas - Kansas Board of Public Utilities 235 PC Powder River Basin (PRB)
    Find about more about Kansas - Kansas Board of Public Utilities.
Victory KS Kansas - Westar 600
    Find about more about Kansas - Westar.
Victory KS Kansas- Holcomb/ Tri-State 2100 Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB)
    Find about more about Kansas- Holcomb/ Tri-State.
Active KY Kentucky - Cash Creek IGCC (Erora Group) 770 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Bituminous 891,265
    Find about more about Kentucky - Cash Creek IGCC (Erora Group).
Victory KY Kentucky - Estill County Energy Partners 110 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB)
    Find about more about Kentucky - Estill County Energy Partners.
Active KY Kentucky - Spurlock 268 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Bituminous JP Morgan Chase 1,864,267
    Find about more about Kentucky - Spurlock.
Victory KY Kentucky - Thoroughbred 1500 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Bituminous Bank of America, Citi, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo 8,921,928
    Find about more about Kentucky - Thoroughbred.
Active KY Kentucky - Trimble 750 Supercritical Bituminous 6,591,690
    Find about more about Kentucky - Trimble.
Active KY Kentucky- Smith 278 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Bituminous Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse 976,778
    Find about more about Kentucky- Smith.
Active LA Louisiana - Big Cajun II Unit 4 705 Supercritical Citi, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley 7,000,000
    Find about more about Louisiana - Big Cajun II Unit 4.
Active LA Louisiana - Little Gypsy refit 530 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Petroleum Coke Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo. 3,445,000
    Find about more about Louisiana - Little Gypsy refit.
Progressing LA Louisiana - Rodemacher Power Station 660 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Petroleum Coke, Lignite Bank of America, Goldman Sachs 5,872,416
    Find about more about Louisiana - Rodemacher Power Station.
Active LA Louisiana – Big Cajun I 230 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB)
    Find about more about Louisiana – Big Cajun I.
Active MA Massachusetts – Somerset Generating Station (Plasma Gasification) Plasma gasification
    Find about more about Massachusetts – Somerset Generating Station (Plasma Gasification).
Uncertain MD Maryland - Sparrows Point
    Find about more about Maryland - Sparrows Point.
Victory ME Maine - Twin River Energy Center 700 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
    Find about more about Maine - Twin River Energy Center.
Victory MI Michigan - Northern Lights 425
    Find about more about Michigan - Northern Lights.
Active MI Michigan - Wolverine Power Plant 600 Circulating Fluidized Bed PRB
    Find about more about Michigan - Wolverine Power Plant.
Active MI Michigan -Lansing 250
    Find about more about Michigan -Lansing.
Active MI Michigan – Board of Holland Public Works 78 CirculatingFluidized Bed Multiple fuels (90% coal- bituminous and sub-bituminous)
    Find about more about Michigan – Board of Holland Public Works.
Active MI Michigan – Consumers Energy Plant 930 Supercritical Sub-bituminous coal from PRB 4,210,701
    Find about more about Michigan – Consumers Energy Plant.
Victory MI Michigan – Escanaba Power Plant 300
    Find about more about Michigan – Escanaba Power Plant.
Active MI Michigan – Midland power plant 750 Supercritical or ultra-supercritical PRB Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley 4,875,000
    Find about more about Michigan – Midland power plant.
Active MI Michigan – NMU Ripley Addition 10 CFB
    Find about more about Michigan – NMU Ripley Addition.
Active MN Minnesota – Mesaba Energy Project (IGCC) 603 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) 2,147,506
    Find about more about Minnesota – Mesaba Energy Project (IGCC).
Victory MN Minnesota – Xcel Rosemount 550
    Find about more about Minnesota – Xcel Rosemount.
Victory MO Missouri - Associate Electric Cooperative’s Norborne 660 Conventional Pulverized Powder River Basin (PRB)
    Find about more about Missouri - Associate Electric Cooperative’s Norborne.
Progressing MO Missouri - Iatan (Kansas City Power & Light) 850 Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB) *6,000,000
    Find about more about Missouri - Iatan (Kansas City Power & Light).
Progressing MO Missouri - Springfield 330 Conventional Pulverized Powder River Basin (PRB) 2,596,039
    Find about more about Missouri - Springfield .
Upcoming MO Missouri – University of Missouri–Columbia 40 CFB
    Find about more about Missouri – University of Missouri–Columbia.
Upcoming MS Mississippi - Belwood Coal-to-Liquids plant Coal-to-Liquids
    Find about more about Mississippi - Belwood Coal-to-Liquids plant.
Uncertain MS Mississippi – Mississippi Power IGCC 600 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Lignite 784,953
    Find about more about Mississippi – Mississippi Power IGCC.
Active MT Montana - Highwood 250 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Powder River Basin (PRB) 3,074,210
    Find about more about Montana - Highwood.
Uncertain MT Montana - Nelson Creek (aka Circle) 500 Circulating Fluidized Bed Lignite
    Find about more about Montana - Nelson Creek (aka Circle).
Uncertain MT Montana - Otter Creek 3000 Mine Mouth
    Find about more about Montana - Otter Creek.
Victory MT Montana - Roundup 300 Coal-to-Liquids Powder River Basin (PRB) 385,778
    Find about more about Montana - Roundup .
Progressing MT Montana – Hardin Generating Plant 116 PC Lignite
    Find about more about Montana – Hardin Generating Plant.
Uncertain MT Montana – Malmstrom Air Force Base Coal-to-Liquids plant Coal-to-Liquids
    Find about more about Montana – Malmstrom Air Force Base Coal-to-Liquids plant.
Active NC North Carolina - Cliffside 800 Conventional Pulverized Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley 9,608,567
    Find about more about North Carolina - Cliffside.
Upcoming ND North Dakota - South Heart Coal 500 Coal-to-Gas North Dakota Lignite 2,903,642
    Find about more about North Dakota - South Heart Coal.
Progressing ND North Dakota - Spiritwood Station 99 Power and Heat North Dakota Lignite JP Morgan Chase 415,240
    Find about more about North Dakota - Spiritwood Station.
Uncertain ND North Dakota – American Lignite Energy Coal-to-Liquids plant N/A Coal-to-Liquids North Dakota Lignite 921,982
    Find about more about North Dakota – American Lignite Energy Coal-to-Liquids plant.
Victory ND North Dakota – Gascoyne 175 Generating Station 175 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) North Dakota Lignite 1,137,500
    Find about more about North Dakota – Gascoyne 175 Generating Station.
Victory ND North Dakota – Gascoyne 500 Generating Station 500 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) North Dakota Lignite *5,000,000
    Find about more about North Dakota – Gascoyne 500 Generating Station.
Uncertain ND North Dakota – Milton Young 3 500 Lignite 4,339,569
    Find about more about North Dakota – Milton Young 3.
Upcoming NE Nebraska - OPPD's Nebraska City 3 660 Powder River Basin (PRB) 5,275,248
    Find about more about Nebraska - OPPD's Nebraska City 3.
Active NE Nebraska - Whelan Energy Center II 220 Conventional Pulverized Powder River Basin (PRB) 2,046,367
    Find about more about Nebraska - Whelan Energy Center II.
Progressing NE Nebraska – OPPD’s Nebraska City 2 660 Powder River Basin 5,275,248
    Find about more about Nebraska – OPPD’s Nebraska City 2.
Victory NJ New Jersey - West Deptford 650 2,903,642
    Find about more about New Jersey - West Deptford.
Active NM New Mexico - Desert Rock 1500 Supercritical Mine Mouth Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Citi 8,921,928
    Find about more about New Mexico - Desert Rock.
Victory NM New Mexico - Mustang 300 Conventional Pulverized Bank of America, Citi, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo. 2,032,884
    Find about more about New Mexico - Mustang.
Active NV Nevada - Ely Energy Center 1500 Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB)

Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch

 16,600,000
    Find about more about Nevada - Ely Energy Center.
Victory NV Nevada - Granite Fox 1450 Conventional Pulverized Powder River Basin (PRB) 9,750,000
    Find about more about Nevada - Granite Fox.
Active NV Nevada - Toquop 750 Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB) Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Citi 4,339,799
    Find about more about Nevada - Toquop.
Active NV Nevada - White Pine 1580 Supercritical Powder River Basin (PRB) Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley. 9,568,564
    Find about more about Nevada - White Pine.
Progressing NV Nevada – Newmont 200 PC PRB 1,224,791
    Find about more about Nevada – Newmont.
Uncertain NY New York - Scriba Coal Gasification plant Coal-to-Liquids
    Find about more about New York - Scriba Coal Gasification plant.
Upcoming NY New York – BPU Jamestown plant 40 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Petroleum Coke/Wood
    Find about more about New York – BPU Jamestown plant.
Victory NY New York – DeWitt Coal-to-Methane Gasification Plant Coal-to-Liquids
    Find about more about New York – DeWitt Coal-to-Methane Gasification Plant.
Victory NY New York – Russell Station II 300 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) 611,929
    Find about more about New York – Russell Station II.
Upcoming NY New York- Huntley (NRG) 680 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)