Kenai Blue Sky Project

Agrium proposed to use coal gasification to power an existing fertilizer plant, in order to avoid that plant shutting down in 2007 due to declining Cook Inlet natural gas supplies. In addition to a coal gasification plant, an adjacent conventional coal burning plant would be built. Agrium's fertilizer plant is already a major source of greenhouse emissions. Agrium is currently engineering the project with hopes to begin construction in 2008.

Media coverage and exposure have been minimal.

On March 13, 2008, the company announced that it was cancelling the project due to rising construction costs and a worsening economy.

Project Details
Sponsor: Agrium US Location: Kenai (Nikiski) Capacity: 350 MW gasification + 100-200 MW coal burning Projected in service: 2011 Status: Cancelled

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