RE: KS Coal-fired power plant: denied. A pretty big deal.

["Butner, R Scott" <scott.butner@pnl.gov>]

> This action demands some real intelligent design on the part of power plant capacity engineers

 

and if any state is up to the task of intelligent design, it's gotta be Kansas!   ;-)

 

(didn't want you to think that had gone unnoticed, Rick!)

 

SB

 

p.s. - you're right, this is a really big deal.  But there's lots of small deals going on as well -- which cumulatively add up to quite a bit.  Out here on the dusty side of the Cascade mountains in eastern WA, we've had something on the order of 800 MW of wind projects installed in the past 6 years,  most of it within 70 miles of my home (the photo below is from the State Line project, near Walla Walla -- a very small section of the overall project, I might add). 

 

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From: owner-p2tech@great-lakes.net [mailto:owner-p2tech@great-lakes.net] On Behalf Of Rick Yoder
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:49 AM
To: p2r7@p2ric.org; p2tech@great-lakes.net; envneb@p2ric.org
Subject: KS Coal-fired power plant: denied. A pretty big deal.

hi, all, sorry for 
cross-posting 

Yesterday at the 
Region 7 P2 Roundtable meeting, news that the The Kansas Department of Health 
and Environment (KDHE) rejected the expansion of Sunflower Electric Power Corp's 
plant, based on CO2 emissions.  Part of the statement by KDHE Secretary 
Bremby announcing the decision, "it would be irresponsible to ignore emerging 
information about the contribution of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases 
to climate change and the potential harm to our environment and health if we do 
nothing." 

great coverage here, with 
statements by KDHE Sec'y, KS gov, and some audio 
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/323833.html 

This is a pretty big deal.  A really 
big deal.  Stunning.  Those of you who know my affinity for the 
"Tragedy of the Commons" framework will understand how much I respect the 
actions of this individual state to forego some local benefit for the sake of 
the global commons.  This action demands some real intelligent design on 
the part of power plant capacity engineers. 

Maybe our Nebraska DEQ Director Linder  and Governor Heineman, who 
have been  acting like they are in some regulatory race to the bottom, 
scuttling the innovative work of their staff to limit mercury emissions, and 
approving coal fired power plant expansions in Nebraska willy nilly will take 
note.  I'm not holding my breath. 

have a good weekend 

rick

Richard Yoder, PE Director, P2ric.org University of Nebraska at Omaha 6001 Dodge Street, RH308 Omaha, NE 68182 vox: 402-554-6257 fax: 402-554-6260 http://www.p2ric.org/

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