Terre Haute power plant launches new era for coal, environment.PLAINFIELD, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1995--U.S. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary helped to usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. a new era in coal-based energy today on the banks of the Wabash River Wabash River River, flowing westward across Indiana, U.S. After crossing Indiana, the Wabash forms the 200-mi (320-km) southern section of the Indiana-Illinois boundary below Terre Haute, Ind. in West Terre Haute Terre Haute (tĕr`ə hōt, tĕr`ē hŭt), city (1990 pop. 51,483), seat of Vigo co., W Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1816. . O'Leary joined PSI Energy, a subsidiary of Cinergy Corp., and Destec Energy in celebrating the completion of the Wabash River Coal Gasification Coal gasification The conversion of coal or coal char to gaseous products by reaction with steam, oxygen, air, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, or a mixture of these. Repowering project -- the world's largest coal gasification plant. An innovative joint venture among PSI, Destec Energy of Houston, and the U.S. Department of Energy, the facility turns coal into synthetic gas and removes over 98 percent of the fuel's sulfur before burning it, a process that helps utilities comply with new clean air laws. Because this technology has the potential to enable continued use of high sulfur coal, the Department of Energy committed $219.1 million toward the plant's construction and initial operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . ``This is the largest plant of its kind in the world,'' said Cinergy President James E. Rogers. ``It demonstrates a technology that can help preserve jobs and regional economies that depend on higher-sulfur coal.'' O'Leary, along with Rogers and Destec President Charlie Goff addressed an audience that had gathered from around the nation at Indiana State University Indiana State University, main campus at Terre Haute; coeducational; est. 1865 as a normal school, became Indiana State Teachers College in 1929, gained university status in 1965. There is also a campus at Evansville (opened 1965). to commemorate the plant's completion. A symposium on coal gasification technology was held as well as tours of the plant. The plant is capable of processing 2,700 tons of coal per day for the net production of 262 megawatts of electricity per hour. The project was selected in 1991 for the DOE's Clean Coal IV program. Construction of the Wabash River project began in September 1993. Peabody Coal Co.'s Hawthorn mine in southwest Indiana is the plant's coal supplier. Destec's gasification gas·i·fy tr. & intr.v. gas·i·fied, gas·i·fy·ing, gas·i·fies To convert into or become gas. gas technology is being used at the Wabash River station to convert part of a 40-year-old coal-fired plant to a larger, cleaner, highly efficient electrical generating unit. Gas made from coal is burned in a new combustion turbine to generate electricity while exhaust heat Exhaust Heat is a Super Famicom game that simulates the season and career of a Formula One superstar. There are over a dozen courses around the world to race and all of them are likenesses of real Formula One tracks (including realistic looking advertisements where the audience from the turbine is used to produce steam for a conventional steam-cycle electric generator. The combination of gas and steam turbine Steam turbine A machine for generating mechanical power in rotary motion from the energy of steam at temperature and pressure above that of an available sink. By far the most widely used and most powerful turbines are those driven by steam. generators make the Wabash River plant one of the nation's most efficient in extracting energy from coal. The gasification process also produces two reusable by-products: sulfur, used in the manufacture of agricultural fertilizer, and slag, a material that has a number of uses, including paving and construction. ``This project has created approximately 1,400 construction jobs and 100 permanent jobs in western Indiana,'' said Rogers. ``In addition to the economic benefits, this project may set the stage for a new type of coal-fired plant that can generate electricity with significantly reduced emissions.'' PSI Energy is Indiana's largest electric supplier, providing power to more than 636,000 customers in 69 of the state's 92 counties. Destec Energy Inc. is a major independent power company that owns power generation and coal gasification facilities which produce, sell and market electricity, steam and synthetic fuel gas. CONTACT: PSI Energy Inc., Plainfield Angeline Protogere, 317/838-1338 or 317/298-3090 after 6 p.m. |
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