Ameren Corporation, a regional electric utility, currently produces two-thirds of its electricity using coal-fired power plants (and almost no gas-fired plants). By 2045, the company plans to have no electricity produced by coal, with unreliable renewables making up most of the mix. The unreliable renewables need a backup - natural gas. The company recently firmed
Ameren announced Thursday it will repurpose a shuttered coal power plant in south St. Louis County and build a new natural gas plant on the site. The proposed plant would
Ameren Missouri is planning to build a new natural gas plant at the location of the former coal plant in south St. Louis County. The proposed Castle Bluff Energy Center.
The gas-powered plant is planned for the confluence of the Meramec and Mississippi rivers, next to where the former Meramec Energy Center burned coal for decades.