Kemper Project
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 Location of Kemper Project in Mississippi
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| Official name | Kemper County energy facility |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Kemper County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32°39′4.45″N 88°45′32.5″W / 32.6512361°N 88.759028°WCoordinates: 32°39′4.45″N 88°45′32.5″W / 32.6512361°N 88.759028°W |
| Status | Under construction |
| Construction began | June 3, 2010 |
| Construction cost | $6.7 billion |
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| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Lignite |
| Secondary fuel | Natural gas |
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| Units under const. | 582-megawatt |
| Nameplate capacity | 582-megawatt electric |
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The Kemper Project, also called the Kemper County energy facility, is a coal-fired electrical generating station currently under construction in Kemper County, Mississippi. Mississippi Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, began construction of the plant in 2010. The project was central to President Obama's Climate Plan, as it was to be based on "clean coal" and was being considered for more support from the Congress and the incoming Trump Administration in late 2016. Once operational, the Kemper Project will be a first-of-its-kind electricity plant to employ gasification and carbon capture technologies at this scale.
Project management problems have been noted at the Kemper Project. The power plant was estimated to be in service by May 2014, at a cost of $2.4 billion. As of May 2017, the project was still not in service, and the cost had increased to $7.3 billion. According to a Sierra Club analysis, Kemper is the most expensive power plant ever built, based on the watts of electricity it will generate.
Kemper County is a small county in Mississippi that is roughly 30 minutes north of Meridian. Kemper County was chosen as the site for the plant to take advantage of local lignite, an untapped natural resource, while providing geographic diversity to help balance the electric demand and strengthen electric reliability in Mississippi.Mississippi Power is a large energy company based in Mississippi, providing energy for Gulfport, Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Meridian, Pascagoula, Columbia, Laurel, Waveland, Lucedale and Picayune.
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