The Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project expired on January 1, 2000. The coal gasifier demonstrated at the Wabash River facility under the Clean Coal Program and now known as the E-GAS Technology has been selected for development at the Port of Port Arthur, Texas. A public/private partnership to pursue development of the E-GAS technology has been established between the Port of Port Arthur and privately held Sabine Power I, Limited. The estimated total cost of the project is approximately $1.75 billion.
The 1,000-megawatt plant would convert petroleum coke into synthesis gas.
The Port of Port Arthur would own the plants and Sabine Power would lease the facilities from the port. Sabine Power’s raw material would come from the refineries in the Gulf Coast region.
If the project gets the green light, construction would begin in early 2002 and would take as long as 4 years to complete.
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