About the Cliffside Coal Plant
The Cliffside Power Plant is located in Rutherford County, NC. It is the proposed site of a new 825-megawatt coal-fired facility to be built by Duke Energy at their existing site location. Four older coal boilers (Units 1-4) currently exist at Cliffside and these wil be retired and upgraded with the addition of the new unit to expand generation capacity. The four older units total 200MW of power.
Why is it bad?
The new proposed coal plant would use conventional, pulverized coal technology. This facility would have NO ability to capture or control carbon, which means all of these emissions will pump freely into our already warming atmosphere for at least the next 50 years. The new 800 MW coal-fired facility that would emit over 6 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. We expect a facility of this size will live at least the average of a 50-year lifespan, which means a total of 312 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere throughout its life. This grand total is equal to adding one million cars to the road each year!
Proving Cliffside Isn’t Needed: Seven Separate Reasons.
Coal for electrons is an immoral and destructive practice say reigious leaders.
What can I do?
- Your support and involvement in these efforts is critical and urgently needed. The Division of Air Quality recently issued the air permit for this plant and Duke Energy broke ground on the construction site March 26, 2008. WE NEED YOUR VOICE TO HELP STOP THIS PLANT!
- Write a letter to Jim Rogers! Tell him Cliffside is a bad use of ratepayer finances.
- Read Global Warming Issues & Talking Points.
