Healy Clean Coal Project

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Healy Clean Coal Project
Healy Clean Coal Project is located in Alaska
Healy Clean Coal Project
Location of Healy Clean Coal Project in Alaska
Country United States
Location Healy, Alaska
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Status Shutdown in 2000, sale to GVEA pending
Commission date 1998
Owner(s) Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Usibelli Sub-bituminous coal
Type Clean coal technology
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 50 MW

Healy Clean Coal Project is a clean coal technology demonstration program consisting of a coal fired electrical power station located in Healy, Alaska in Denali Borough. The project was a demonstration of the TRW Clean Coal Combustion System and the Babcock & Wilcox/Joy Spray Dryer Absorber (SDA) System designed to reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions while burning a variety of coal types, including waste coal.

The project constructed a plant adjacent to Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) 25 MW coal plant Healy Unit 1. Construction occurred from 1995-1997 at a cost of around $300 million. The facility operated briefly following its construction as part of the demonstration program, but has been shut down since 2000.[1] The research project is considered "complete" by the Department of Energy. The plant is being sold to the GVEA to resume power production in 2012.[2]

Costs

According to Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) the facility cost around $300 million, with the United States Department of Energy contributing $120 million, the Alaska Legislature contributing $25 million, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) contributing $150 million and both GVEA & Usibelli Coal Mine contributing $10 million in addition to in-kind contributions.[2]

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