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Re: Loaded Coal train NB through Sacramento today
Author: Dave in New Mexico
Date: 07-21-2015 - 12:28
Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> Coal's use returned to Calif in the 1970s-1990s,
> but I'm not all that familiar with the scale of
> use nor the situation today. I do know of a coal
> burning power plant in the foothills east of Wasco
> (possibly So Cal Edison) because an unloading
> facility with rotary dumper and extensive conveyor
> belt system (as in miles long) was constructed in
> the 1990s along the east side of the Santa Fe at
> the Wasco siding. Don't know whether it's still
> active.
Edison and other California utilities messed around with Coal Gasification in the 90's and early 2000's (cleaner burning)
Besides the plant east of Wasco, there was another east of Daggett called Cool Water
that UP delivered coal on a regular basis, after Edison sold the plant during the DE-Regulation Fiasco it was converted to Natural Gas by the new owners.
I don't think any utility in California uses Gasification with Natural Gas being abundant.
(Not even for test purposes)
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> Coal's use returned to Calif in the 1970s-1990s,
> but I'm not all that familiar with the scale of
> use nor the situation today. I do know of a coal
> burning power plant in the foothills east of Wasco
> (possibly So Cal Edison) because an unloading
> facility with rotary dumper and extensive conveyor
> belt system (as in miles long) was constructed in
> the 1990s along the east side of the Santa Fe at
> the Wasco siding. Don't know whether it's still
> active.
Edison and other California utilities messed around with Coal Gasification in the 90's and early 2000's (cleaner burning)
Besides the plant east of Wasco, there was another east of Daggett called Cool Water
that UP delivered coal on a regular basis, after Edison sold the plant during the DE-Regulation Fiasco it was converted to Natural Gas by the new owners.
I don't think any utility in California uses Gasification with Natural Gas being abundant.
(Not even for test purposes)
