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Usibelli looking at mine-mouth power plant

Company: Proposed coal-fueled Emma Creek plant would produce electricity for Alaska's Railbelt, both Fairbanks, Southcentral

A coal-fueled power plant could help meet the growing energy needs of Alaska's Railbelt, Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. believes. But the company faces a bumpy road to the realization of its Emma Creek Energy Project, with some electric utilities skeptical about the idea. At a meeting of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance in Anchorage on Oct. 20, Usibelli's vice president for business development, Stev...

 

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