Mayor Anthony Baker of the City of Gretna announced today that in light
of Adage, LLC’s decision to suspend activity on its proposed Bioenergy
facility slated for construction in Gretna (as well as suspension
of its application for an air permit through the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection) that the City now considers this matter
closed and will take no further action on Adage’s request to locate
this facility in Gretna. Inasmuch as the Bioenergy Plant could neither
legally operate nor be sited in Gretna without an air permit, the City
concluded that this was no longer a viable project and Adage’s decision
to suspend activity on its air permit indicated that further consideration
of the project by the City was unwarranted. Since there were no issues
pending before the City of Gretna requiring action by its Commission
relative to the Plant, the Mayor deemed termination of the project as
final disposition of this matter as far as the City is concerned.
The company still has a permit to build a 55 MW plant in Florida but
there are no plans to start construction and the company is expected to
let the permit lapse in June. Adage ended plans in 2010 to build another
plant in Florida.
Meanwhile, a similar project by Adage in Northern Florida also will not
be pursued at this time, according to DePonty. That project has been
fully permitted and was about to move ahead if only the electricity
market had provided the financial incentive, he said.
Here’s the
Florida air permit.
Despite having that air permit and promising
jobs, jobs, jobs
Adage is apparently not going to build in Hamilton, County, Florida.
As of 21 December 2010,
apparently things were still pretty tentative
when Brad Lofton gave an update to the VLCIA board,
claiming the CCA private prison would bring 600 jobs to Lowndes County, Georgia:
Regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA,
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Gary Minchew, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director, Allan Ricketts Program Manager,
21 December 2010
Videos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
“I think we can do better than a generator that burns human waste. I
think we can do better than a private prison and those are two things
that we seem to be excited about as a community.”
Next, we’ll see if objections had any effect on the Industrial Authority.
ATLANTA, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Georgia Power expects to request
approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission to decertify two
coal-generating units totaling 569 megawatts, the company announced
Wednesday.
The request to decertify units 1 and 2 at Plant Branch in Putnam Co. will
be included in Georgia Power’s updated Integrated Resource Plan filing
with the commission in late summer. The company expects to ask for
decertification of the units as of the effective dates of the Georgia
Multipollutant Rule, which are currently anticipated to be Dec. 31,
2013 for unit 1 and Oct. 1, 2013 for unit 2.
The decision to decertify the units is based on a need to install
environmental controls to meet a variety of existing and expected
environmental regulations.
“After an extensive analysis of the cost to comply with environmental
regulations, we have determined the continued operation of these units
would be uneconomical for our customers,” said Georgia Power President
and CEO Paul Bowers. “This decision is in keeping with our focus to
provide affordable and reliable electricity for our customers.”
Worried about mercury or other toxic chemicals?
Ask EPA what they’re going to do about it.
Join Administrator Jackson for a special White House live chat on the
Mercury and Air Toxics Standards tomorrow, Thursday, March 17 at 10:55
a.m. EDT. Administrator Jackson will be joined by young people who
are passionate about this issue and the discussion will be moderated by
Kalpen Modi of the Office of Public Engagement.
Like Mr. Minchew I’m not good at goodbyes either.
I wanted to say I’ll be brief…
I’m not articulate enough to begin to thank y’all
for the unbelievable privilege I’ve had for the last five years.
…unbelievable board of directors,
the most talented staff I’ve ever worked with.
…
My wife was going to be here but she would have been too emotional.
Thank you all for your trust and confidence in me.
It really has been the best five years of my life.
I just want you to know your leadership….
Wish you the best of luck.
That’s all Mr. Chairman.
Thank you.
Brad Lofton saying goodbye at the
regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director, Allan Ricketts Program Manager,
15 March 2011.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
I understand the point about beliefs.
But it’s not all about just the beliefs of just the people on the board.
It’s also about things like
is there enough water, and do we want businesses that soak up
a lot of water, like
Ben Copeland said at the Lake Park Chamber of Commerce.
Beliefs are good, but facts are better.
Thank you.
John S. Quarterman at the
regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director, Allan Ricketts Program Manager,
15 March 2011.
Video by David Rodock for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
I was on the board as most of you know when we hired Brad
and I just want to publicly say Brad
I think you’ve done an exceptionally great job for this community.
I’m very proud of the accomplishments you and the authority have done
over the last five years since you’ve been here
and I wish you continued great success wherever you go,
and prosperity.
Former VLCIA board member Crawford Powell at the
regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director, Allan Ricketts Program Manager,
15 March 2011.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Inland south Georgia doesn’t have much wind, probably not enough
to generate significant electricity, but wind farms off the Georgia coast
could.
Now we hear fromm Zachary Shahan in Clean Technica that
Offshore Wind Energy Cheaper than Nuclear Energy, EU Climate Chief Says:
