Florida
Port Dolphin LNG Deep Water Port, Florida
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Natural Gas OPPOSITION: Environmental groups PROSPECT: Likely BACKGROUND: Port Dolphin LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Höegh LNG AS, submitted an application in March 2007 for a license to construct and operate a liquefied … Continue reading
Destin Dome Unit, Florida
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Natural Gas OPPOSITION: Florida state government, environmental groups PROSPECT: Dead BACKGROUND: The Destin Dome Unit is a block of federal outer continental shelf leases acquired by Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Murphy Oil to drill for natural gas about … Continue reading
Progress Energy Apalachicola Area Improvements, FL
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: Local Residents and Property Owners; Franklin County Commissioners. PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: Progress Energy is working on a 38-mile transmission line project in Gulf and Franklin counties located in the Florida Panhandle. … Continue reading
Progress Energy Levy County Transmission Line, FL
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: Public Citizen; Green Party of Florida; Ecology Party of Florida; Nuclear Information and Resource Service PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Progress Energy is planning to construct about 200 miles of transmission lines needed … Continue reading
Port Sutton Envirofuels Ethanol Plant, FL
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Ethanol OPPOSITION: Local residents (PEL Laboratories) PROSPECTS: Highly Unlikely BACKGROUND: Port Sutton EnviroFuels has shelved plans to build Florida's first ethanol plant, blaming a "frivolous" lawsuit that delayed the project and cost the company its financing. A … Continue reading
Florida Power & Light Co. – St. Lucie County Wind Farm
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Wind Farm OPPOSITION: St. Lucie Alliance; St. Lucie County Commissioners; Treasure Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation; Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: In 2007, Florida Power and Light (FPL) sought to approval to … Continue reading
Biomass Gas & Electric Tallahassee Renewable Energy Center
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Biomass OPPOSITION: Leon County Commissioner Bill Procter; local landowners PROSPECTS: Highly Unlikely BACKGROUND: Biomass Gas & Electric LLC (BG&E) proposed a $150 million biomass power plant that would have created 200 construction jobs for the Tallahassee economy. … Continue reading
Tampa Electric Company’s Polk Power Station 6, FL
STATUS: Terminated TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Southern Alliance for Clean Energy; Sierra Club; State of Florida (Charlie Christ) PROSPECTS: None BACKGROUND: Tampa Electric, the principal subsidiary of TECO Energy had plans for a $2 billion advanced Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) … Continue reading
Seminole Electric Power Cooperative’s Seminole 3, FL
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club; Southern Alliance for Clean Energy; State of Florida (Charlie Crist) PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: Seminole Electric Power Cooperative proposed construction of a Unit 3 for its existing Seminole power plant. It received a certificate … Continue reading
Florida Municpal Power Agency Taylor Energy Center
STATUS: Terminated TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club; Capital Medical Society; State of Florida (Charlie Crist) PROSPECTS: None BACKGROUND: In 2006, the Florida Municipal Power Agency, JEA, the City of Tallahassee, Fla., and Reedy Creek Improvement District proposed construction of an … Continue reading