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[[SCS Energy]] (SCS) has proposed constructing PurGen One, a 500-megawatt (MW) [[IGCC |integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC)]] / coal-to-fertilizer plant at old industrial site near the shore in Linden, [[New Jerseyand coal|New Jersey]]. The plant would gasify and burn coal to generate electricity when power prices are high, or fertilizer when power prices are low. SCS plans to pump 90% of the carbon dioxide emitted from the plant 70 miles off the coast, into in sandstone one mile below the surface of the ocean.
==Background==
According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, SCS has begun pre-application meetings for permits. A city Planning Board hearing was held to discuss the matter is scheduled for on June 9, 2009.<ref name="sc">[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)</ref>
On January 26, 2010 the city of Linden approved a $2.5 million deal that cleared a legal obstacle to the proposed plant. The Linden city council unanimously approved the agreement, which resolves litigation stemming from the city trying to condemn an abandoned [[DuPont]] site. The agreement means that PurGen is free to move forward with its plans for the plant, including purchasing the site from DuPont and pursuing the necessary permits. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recently received the air permit application from PurGen and is currently reviewing it. Officials with the agency don't expect to have a draft permit ready for public comment in 2010.<ref name="sc"/>
*[[United States and coal]]
*[[Carbon Capture and Storage]]
*[[Carbon Capture and Storage in the United States]]
*[[IGCC]]
*[[Existing U.S. Coal Plants]]
*[[SCS Energy]]
*[[:category:Proposed coal plants in the United States|US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)]]
*[[Coal plants cancelled in 2007]]