Two years since Kemper clean coal project ended

July 6 marked two years since the Mississippi Public Service Commission issued an order that called for a settlement in the battle over the controversial Kemper Project clean coal power plant, known now as …

Kemper County Power Plant: Mississippi Power Wants To …

JACKSON, MS — Mississippi Power Co. wants to settle on terms to wind down a coal-fueled power plant project in Kemper County, according to a state official overseeing the talks.

Mississippi Power awaits PSC decision on Kemper plant

By building the plant at Kemper, Mississippi Power projects a 46 percent usage of natural gas, a 23 percent usage of lignite, and a 31 percent usage of traditional coal.

Kemper Power Plant: Mississippi a Global Innovator

Kemper County, Mississippi is home to the best people on the planet. And they're building an amazing new technology wonder there too. Six thousand engineers, scientists & others are all contributing to the construction of the cleantech, greentech Kemper power plant. The Kemper Power Plant: Keeping the Air Clean

EIS-0409: Final Environmental Impact Statement

Kemper County Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC) Project. This Final EIS assesses the potential environmental impacts that would result from a proposed DOE action to provide cost-shared funding and possibly a loan guarantee for construction and operation of advanced power generation plant in Kemper County, Mississippi.

The Three Factors That Doomed Kemper County …

Features News Opinion Careers DIY Engineering Resources. ... the Kemper County clean coal plant in Mississippi might be seen in the same light as a transatlantic liner at the dawn of the jet …

Clean Coal's Flagship Project Has Failed

The Mississippi power plant widely regarded to be the biggest proof of concept yet for clean coal has failed to deliver on its promise. Its carbon capture technique has been declared too costly ...

Kemper Power Plant, a Debacle That Should …

By David Schlissel It's pretty well known that cost overruns at Mississippi Power's new plant in Kemper County now total $3.1 billion, roughly 100 percent more than the estimate the company put forth when …

Revisiting the Kemper County IGCC Facility (now Plant

Revisiting the Kemper County IGCC Facility (now Plant Ratcliffe) ... Central District Office Mississippi Public Service Commission • (601) 961-5430 • Toll-Free: 800 356-6430 • The roots of the Kemper County "clean coal" project go back more than 15 years. Southern Company had developed a Transport-Integrated ...

Another Kemper delay adds $38M to power plant cost

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Power Co. is again delaying completion for its $7.3 billion Kemper County power plant. The subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. says it still can't reliably run ...

Billions over budget. Two years after deadline.

In searching for a spot to build a pilot plant, Southern Company settled on a location in rural Kemper County, about 200 miles inland from the Gulf Coast, a safe distance from the Hurricane ...

In Mississippi, a power plant is designed to shape the future of coal

A $5-billion power plant is being constructed at the mouth of a mine for lignite coal in rural Kemper County, Miss. If successful, up to 65% of the plant's potential carbon dioxide emissions ...

Kemper County Power Plant: Mississippi Power …

JACKSON, MS — Mississippi Power Co. wants to settle on terms to wind down a coal-fueled power plant project in Kemper County, according to a state official overseeing the talks.

Four Years Later: Big Steps Toward …

The coal plant is located in Kemper County, Mississippi, a small county with over 10,300 residents. Many of the residents are of low socioeconomic status and You may not have heard of the Kemper …

Southern Company

The facility will employ advanced emissions control equipment to produce marketable byproducts of ammonia, sulfuric acid, and carbon dioxide (CO2). Over 65 percent of the CO2 will be captured, making the …

The Kemper Plant is '99 percent' complete. Now what?

A Mississippi Supreme Court ruling returned the rate increase to 15 percent on a permanent basis, beginning in January 2016. The Supreme Court also ordered refunds to the utility's customers when it ruled that portions of rate increases imposed between April 2013 and July 2015 to pay for costs associated with the Kemper County plant were illegal.

Gasification

Gasification is a key process driving clean coal technology at the Kemper County Power Plant in Mississippi. Home; The Kemper Plant. Kemper Plant FAQ; Kemper Plant Videos; Kemper Plant on the Internet; ... It is a manufacturing process that converts any material containing carbon-such as coal, petroleum coke (petcoke), biomass or waste …

Boondoggle in Kemper County: Powerful Ignored Red Flags of 'Clean Coal

"It physically shook the house," Kemper County resident Karen Wink said. She lives a couple miles away from Plant Ratcliffe—also known as the Kemper plant—in De Kalb, Miss. Mississippi Power Company ran the experimental coal gasification technology in an attempt to curb carbon emissions by capturing them at the source with …

Power Plant jobs in Mississippi

Power Plant jobs in Mississippi. Sort by: relevance - date. 25+ jobs. Diesel Mechanic: $5000 SIGN ON BONUS, PTO, Paid Tuition, Tool Allowance! Hiring multiple candidates. WM 3.3. ... Successfully complete and pass pre-employment drug screen and physical. C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

The Kemper Power Plant leverages innovative technology to power Mississippi, while preventing pollutants from entering the atmosphere. Home; The Kemper Plant ... like Boundary Dam, but the Kemper Project will be one of the first commercial-scale deployments of a plant built from the ground up with coal as the fuel source, and …

Billions over budget. Two years after deadline. What's

In searching for a spot to build a pilot plant, Southern Company settled on a location in rural Kemper County, about 200 miles inland from the Gulf Coast, a safe distance from the Hurricane ...

Clean Coal Test: Power Plants Prepare to Capture Carbon

A 210-foot-tall carbon dioxide absorber is moved to Southern Company's Kemper, Mississippi, power plant site. ... Southern is building a plant designed to capture 65 percent of its CO2—a coal ...

Coal mine layoffs latest fallout at Kemper power plant

The $7.5 billion Kemper plant was designed to gasify soft lignite coal, strip out much of the carbon dioxide and other pollutants, and burn the gas to generate power.

Carbon Capture Suffers a Huge Setback as Kemper Plant …

In a move that surprised no one, coal giant Southern Company announced that it plans to suspend work on the clean coal carbon capture portion of its $7.5 billion power plant in Kemper, Mississippi.

Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Southern …

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Southern Company that it is opening an investigation "related to the Kemper County energy facility," according to Southern's most recent financial statement.. The Mississippi-based facility had received $387 million in federal grants to build a state-of-the-art coal gasification …

Kemper Power Plant, a Debacle That Should Never Have Been

By David Schlissel It's pretty well known that cost overruns at Mississippi Power's new plant in Kemper County now total $3.1 billion, roughly 100 percent more than the estimate the company put forth when it received approval in early 2010 to go ahead with the project, which was completed last year.

Mississippi Power Co. to suspend Kemper coal operations

At the time, commissioners said any settlement presented to the commission should remove responsibility from ratepayers for the plant's lignite coal technology and related assets; involve no rate increase to Mississippi Power's customers; and revise the plant's operating license to only allow for operation of a natural gas facility at the ...

Whistleblower says Mississippi Power should repay $382M …

Bills for Mississippi Power's 192,000 customers rose 15% in 2015 for the part of the plant that today burns natural gas instead of gasified coal. The rest of the plant has been demolished.

Long-Delayed Kemper County Coal Plant Produces First Electricity

"After decades of research and years of hard work at the site, we are thrilled that the Kemper County energy facility, the world's most advanced coal plant, has generated electricity using ...

Kemper power plant makes electricity

JACKSON - More than $4 billion over budget and more than two years late, Mississippi Power Co. announced Tuesday that its $7.1 billion Kemper County plant is finally making electricity from ...

Coal mine layoffs latest fallout at Kemper power plant

DEKALB - The company that supplies lignite coal to Mississippi Power Co.'s Kemper County power plant says it will lay off 75 workers at the mine.

$7.5 billion Kemper power plant suspends coal gasification

The Kemper County plant was supposed to be a cutting-edge demonstration of the power of "clean coal," and, despite running five years late and more than $4 billion over budget, Kemper was able ...

Mississippi Power should use only natural gas at Kemper plant…

The Mississippi Public Service Commission on Wednesday said Mississippi Power Company should use only natural gas at its Kemper County facility. News Sports Southern Miss Life Advertise Obituaries ...

The Three Factors That Doomed Kemper County …

When its history is written, the Kemper County clean coal plant in Mississippi might be seen in the same light as a transatlantic …

Major "Clean Coal" Project in Mississippi Shuts Down

The Kemper plant was designed to convert locally mined lignite coal into a synthetic gas by heating it under high pressures in the presence of steam. The carbon in …

Southern Company: Kemper "clean coal" Mississippi unit …

The Atlanta utility company said Wednesday it is "immediately suspending start-up and operations activities" for the coal gasification unit at its Mississippi Power subsidiary's Kemper plant.