Bosses at world's most ambitious clean coal plant kept problems secret for years
by Sharon Kelly from on (#3H54V)
Disclosure regarding the $7.5bn Kemper plant in Mississippi throws further cloud over promise of clean coal energy
Executives at the world's most ambitious "clean coal" plant knew for years about serious design flaws and budget problems but sought to withhold key information from regulators before their plans collapsed, according to documents obtained by the Guardian.
The Kemper plant in Mississippi - held up as the global model for a new generation of "clean coal" power plants - was the most expensive fossil fuel power plant in US history, with a $7.5bn price tag. Its owners, Southern Company, boasted it was "going to be the cleanest coal plant in the world", in the words of the CEO, Tom Fanning.