Kemper Power Plant, Kemper County Mississippi
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Mississippi Power awaits PSC decision on Kemper plant
— By Jennifer Jacob Brown jbrown@themeridanstar The talk has been going on for a long time. Mississippi Power Company wants to build a gasified lignite power plant in Kemper County. If
As Time Runs Out for Southern Company, Brain Drain Begins at Kemper
— As Southern Company's Kemper power plant boondoggle stalls yet again, job postings reveal that a group of key engineers and managers has left the company. ... "The Operations Manager will be responsible for providing leadership for the Kemper County Generating Facility," according to the job summary, and must foster "reliable and ...
Revisiting the Kemper County IGCC Facility (now Plant …
n the late afternoon of December 14, 2021, I made a visit to MS Power Company's Plant Ratcliffe (formerly known as the Kemper County Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Generating Project) near DeKalb, MS. The purpose of the visit was to get an update on the activities at the site, understand the
Kemper County Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power Plant
The combined cycle unit of Kemper County IGCC power plant started commercial production in August 2014. Mississippi Power has set up an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant in Kemper County, Mississippi, US, in 2014. ... The plant will generate 12,000 direct and indirect jobs during the construction phase and more than …
Coal mine layoffs latest fallout at Kemper power plant
— 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.
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.
Regulators settle 'emotionally intense' Kemper power plant …
— Commission chairman Brandon Presley has said Mississippi Power customers all together have been paying $126 million annually for the Kemper plant's natural gas services since 2015. This is just a portion of those customers' overall utility bills each year, he said. Yet, there could be more wrangling over the ripple effects of …
Delay threatens tax benefit as Kemper plant nears $7B
— JACKSON — Mississippi Power Co. now says it won't complete its Kemper County power plant until the end of the year, a delay of a month that pushes the price tag up by $25 million to nearly $7 ...
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 ...
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. It's the latest fallout from the suspending the part of the plant that was supposed to gasify coal and remove pollutants. Mississippi Power has said it could lay off 250 workers at the plant.
About Kemper Project
Kemper County, Mississippi is home to the best people on the planet. And they're building an amazing new technology wonder there too. ... The Kemper power plant uses innovative technology to give power to Mississippi, keeping the State's environment clean by preventing pollutants from entering the atmosphere. The power plant is a first-of ...
In Blow to 'Clean Coal,' Flawed Plant Will Burn Gas Instead
— The Kemper County plant, built to take advantage of a strip coal mine next door, was three years behind schedule and, at a cost of about $7.5 billion, $4 billion over its projected budget.
Mississippi Power breaks ground on Kemper County IGCC Power Plant
— A sea of black suits and dress shoes smudged with Mississippi red dirt flooded a remote area of rural Kemper County Thursday morning as Mississippi Power broke ground on the future Kemper County ...
Companies join forces on Kemper County IGCC project
— Mississippi Power's investment will be approximately $2.2 billion. Approximately 260 permanent jobs, plus 1,000 jobs during peak construction, will be …
Homewood engineer files whistle-blower lawsuit against …
— 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.
The Kemper Plant is '99 percent' complete. Now what?
— The plant is designed to produce 582 megawatts, or power 190,000 homes, once it starts generating electricity from lignite. Shepard said the commission approved …
IEEFA U.S.: Southern Company demolishes part of …
— However, the coal gasification system, called TRIG™, had only been tested on a small-scale facility which processed an average of less than two tons of coal per hour and remained unproven in a …
Mississippi Power Files for Approval to Build Kemper County IGCC Plant
— Mississippi Power last week filed for a certificate of public convenience and necessity at the Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) to build a 582-MW integrated gasification combined cycle ...
The Three Factors That Doomed Kemper County …
— A final cost-cutting pressure relates to the need to automate power plant functions and reduce headcount. A nuclear power plant may employ as many as a thousand people; a coal plant around 700 or so.
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 ...
Point-Counterpoint: Kemper County power plant
— Economically, coal and nuclear power plants always cost more to construct but are at a long-term advantage to natural gas because fuel costs over the life of a plant's operation is much cheaper.
$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 ...
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.
Kemper County IGCC Plant Generates First Syngas-Fueled Power
— Mississippi Power's integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant in Kemper County, Miss., on October 12 has begun generating its first power using a combination of syngas (produced from ...
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Regulators, utility split on Mississippi's Kemper power plant rates
— Regulators and Mississippi Power Co. disagree over how much money the company should get for the functioning portion of its Kemper County power plant.
Major "Clean Coal" Project in Mississippi Shuts Down
— Kemper County Power Generation Facility, the flagship "clean coal" project in rural eastern Mississippi, will rely on natural gas rather than coal to produce electricity, …
Clean Coal's Flagship Project Has Failed
— A plan to slash emissions from coal burning by 65 percent has proved too problematic at the beleaguered Kemper power plant. The Mississippi power plant widely …
As Time Runs Out for Southern Company, Brain Drain Begins …
— The plant's operations manager, one of the most senior positions at the facility, tasked with day-to-day oversight of the entire power plant and its roughly 100 …
Whistleblower says Mississippi Power should repay $382M …
— The Kemper County power plant was supposed to be a world leader in turning soft coal into a gas and burning it to generate power, while removing climate-warming carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
Controlled demolition goes as planned at Kemper plant
— Changes are being made at the Kemper County coal plant. Crews are clearing unused structures. ... The $7 billion operation still produces energy for Mississippi Power customers. The company now ...
Mississippi Power Names Kemper County IGCC Plant
— Mississippi Power last week announced that its new integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant under construction in Kemper County, Miss., will be named in honor of David M. Ratcliffe ...
Mississippi Power: Kemper plant was, will remain asset to …
— Atlanta-based Southern Co., the parent company of Mississippi Power, announced recently that it would absorb an additional $2.8 billion in losses from the Kemper County power plant's lignite ...
'A NEW DAY' IN KEMPER COUNTY | Local News
— According to economic statistics from the power plant, the plant has spent $6.09 million among 23 companies in Kemper County and $178.6 million with 129 companies in Lauderdale County.