Coal gasification as a back-up to wind is a boondoggle

Filed in National by on May 17, 2007

And yet, DNREC’s Phil Cherry appears to be smitten with it.

A commentewr at Tommywonk obsevers:

I thought Phil was a savvy guy. But during the PSC hearings, he pushed hard for NRG to get another bite at the apple.

According to Tom – if coal gasification is used to back-up wind power it would be the worst possible backup. Slow and dirty to start up, untested coarbon sequstration, and possibly huge downstream costs to the the envirnment and to ratepayers who will be asked to suck up any increases that might be brought about by changes to exisiting clean air legislation.

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  1. Nancy Willing says:
    May 17, 2007 at 9:58 am

    I assume everyone has seen the article that Wall Street says no way to coal gasification

  2. Disbelief says:
    May 17, 2007 at 10:04 am

    Somehow those in favor of coal have got to come up with a more marketable descriptive noun than “gasification”. Sounds like something that happens in church when you can’t get away or make faces.

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