Western Greenbrier Demonstration Project

Address

Rainelle, WV
United States of America

Latitude: 37.9687279

Longitude: -80.7670342

Notes

Planned to burn coal and coal waste (from gob pile at Anjean) DOE pulled its funding for the project and the project died.

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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
Black	1.5%	1.3%	1.3%	0.9%	4.0%
Hispanic	4.7%	3.0%	3.0%	1.6%	1.5%
White	89.1%	91.4%	91.4%	93.3%	90.8%
	90.8%
Population	1,180	1,877	1,877	6,059	46k
Income	$39k				$41k

GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Sierra Club		Interested
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy		Interested
Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment		Interested

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Western Greenbrier Co-Generation LLC	Operator	0%

LINK

Link
Power plant has revival hopes coursing through Rainelle April 2, 2006, OH Valley Environmental Coalition
Western Greenbrier Co-Generation: The Battle for Clean Air in West Virginia Continues 2007 Newsletter
Feds pull out of coal-fired power plant project September 4, 2008
NETL DOE (PDF)
Western Greenbrier Co-Production Demonstration Project Coal Swarm

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Generator #1
Unit Type: Burner: Fluidized Bed - Circulating
Power 87 MW

Status History

Defeated	2008
Proposed	2001

Fuels and Products

Waste Coal

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