Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, Holcomb Expansion, KS
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Sunflower Electric Power Corporation owns and operates the coal-fired Holcomb Power...
View ArticleHays Wind Project, KS
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Local residents (Ellis County Environmental Awareness Coalition) PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: The Hays Wind Project has been in the...
View ArticleEmerald Renewable Energy Topeka Greenfield Plant, KS
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Ethanol OPPOSITION: Local residents PROSPECTS: Dead BACKGROUND: In February 2007, Emerald Renewable Energy, a Cargill subsidiary, proposed a $200 million ethanol plant outside...
View ArticleBoot Hill Biofuels Ethanol Plant, KS
STATUS: Suspended TYPE: Ethanol OPPOSITION: Local residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Boot Hill Biofuels and Conestoga Energy Partners LLC announced in August 2006 plans for a 110 million...
View ArticleWestar Energy’s Coal Plant Project, Kansas
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: In May 2005, Westar Energy announced plans to build an 850-megawatt coal plant in Kansas, although the site was...
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