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| Sept. 19, 2007: Big Stone Pullouts Leave Coal-fired Electricity's Future in QuestionMedia Clip
Posted September 21st, 2007 by elena
Great River Energy pulled out of the Big Stone II project, siting cost as the main reason. The project now lacks substantial funding. Argus Leader Depending on who you ask, Monday’s events were either a minor setback or a major blow to the future of coal-fired electricity in South Dakota. Great River Energy, a power cooperative serving Minnesota and Wisconsin, said Monday it was withdrawing from the Big Stone II power plant project near Milbank. A smaller utility in Minnesota also withdrew due to pending litigation. The five utilities remaining in the Big Stone II partnership still plan to build the plant. But clean-energy activists say it could soon become part of a string of failed coal plant proposals across the country. Underlying that disagreement is a difference of opinion over such fundamental issues as cost, risk and how the industry should address global warming. |
