Blount St. plant will stop burning coal in 6 years
The headline story by Ben Fischer in the Wisconsin State Journal begins:
The controversial Blount Street power plant will stop burning coal to generate electricity within six years, Madison Gas and Electric Co. promised on Thursday.
The MG&E Web site offers a press release, summary, and fact sheet on the Blount Street plant.
MG&E says that it will:
* Discontinue burning coal at Blount Generating Station at the end of 2011. The plant will burn only natural gas.
* Replace Blount coal-fired electricity with clean coal-fired electricity.
* Add renewable resources.
* Increase energy efficiency and conservation. We will encourage all MGE customers to increase the energy efficiency of their homes and businesses.
* Offer new, innovative pricing options. We will pilot new innovative pricing options to give customers greater choice and control.
* Demonstrate new technologies. We are testing a first of its kind application of a Stirling engine to generate power from landfill gas. We will serve customers the first electricity in the world to be made from sugar-based, hydrogen-fueled generation.
