The Seminole Electric Cooperative has announced that the secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has signed a site certification order authorizing construction of a new clean coal generating unit at the Seminole generating station in Putnam County, Florida.
The station is owned and operated by Seminole Electric Cooperative, which provides wholesale power to 10 member-owned electric distribution co-operatives in Florida.
The new 750MW, supercritical Unit-3 is expected to join two 650MW generating units at the northeast Florida station. Unit-1 and Unit-2 are in the process of significant environmental upgrades that will enable Unit-3 to be put into service with no net increase in the station's regulated emissions.
Unit-3's site certification initially was denied by the state in 2007. Seminole appealed that denial. On June 13, 2008, the Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) ruling, and instructed the agency to issue a certification order approving Unit-3. A final construction schedule for Unit-3 has not yet been determined.
Timothy Woodbury, Seminole's CEO, said: "After many delays and appeals we are pleased to have this certification in hand, which is a significant milestone for our clean coal project."
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