Truckee utility district considers 50-year contract with coal-fired electricity plant
14th Nov 2006, 16:26 GMT
(Nevada Appeal) This week, the Truckee Donner Public Utility District';s board will meet to discuss a 50-year power contract tying the district to a coal-based power plant in Utah, a move that the board believes will provide clean, affordable and constant power for decades to come...Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a multi-program science and technology laboratory under the U.S. Department of Energy, said advanced coal-burning technology exists to produce energy as clean and efficient as natural gas...11/14
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