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) | |||||||||
| 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. | ||
Return to Waste Coal page PA Washington Robinson Twp Robinson Power Company, LLC Beech Hollow Facility 300 Waste Coal Fought by Residents Against the Power Plant WV Greenbrier Western Greenbrier County Generation / DOE 85 Waste Coal 2008 proposed 9/2003; Opposed by Cleanbrier
