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CARLSBAD
Carlsbad’s iconic 400-foot-tall smokestack is almost gone, reduced to rubble by the ongoing demolition of the old Encina power plant.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. built the concrete column in the mid-1970s to replace four smaller smokestacks as part of an upgrade of the 1950s-era plant.
“The 400-foot stack has been demolished to a height of 135 feet,” said Chris Rimel, communications manager for owner NRG, in an email Monday.
“Demolition activities are temporarily on hold but will resume in mid-June with completion by this July,” Rimel said. The work continues inside the power plant building and is scheduled to be completed during the second quarter of 2022.
February 4, 2021
NRG Energy Inc has decided to indefinitely shut down the Petra Nova gas plant, a carbon-capturing project from a coal-fired power plant in Richmond, Texas.
The project was a joint venture between NRG Energy Inc, a large American energy company, and JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Corporation, a fully integrated petroleum products company from Japan, and had
received a no less than $190 million grant from the U.S. government. In fact, just last year, the last administration’s Department of Energy was celebrating its third birthday.
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Today, we celebrate the third operating anniversary of Petra Nova, the world’s largest coal-fired power plant post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system,” said the Office of Fossil Energy press release.