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Southern Company's Troubled Vogtle Nuclear Project
Once estimated at more than $14 billion, the price tag for two new reactors at Georgia Power Company's Plant Vogtle site has now climbed past $30 billion, and both units will be more than six years late in coming online.
January 01, 2022
David Schlissel
Report
Southern Company’s Kemper County Folly
Southern Company’s Kemper County Folly
July 15, 2015
Cathy Kunkel
Analysis
IEEFA U.S.: Southern Company demolishes part of the $7.5 billion Kemper power plant in Mississippi
U.S.: Southern Company demolishes part of the $7.5 billion Kemper power plant in Mississippi
October 14, 2021
David Schlissel
Analysis
IEEFA Update: Will Southern Company Refund Mississippi Ratepayers for Failed $7.5 Billion Kemper ‘Clean Coal’ Experiment?
Will Southern Company Refund Mississippi Ratepayers for Failed $7.5 Billion Kemper ‘Clean Coal’ Experiment?
June 23, 2017
David Schlissel
Analysis
Using coal gasification to generate electricity: A multibillion-dollar failure
Coal-to-gasification technology for electricity-generation purposes remains commercially unviable.
September 01, 2017
David Schlissel
Report
The vanishing need for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Diminishing consumer demand coupled with more affordable renewables are casting doubt on the overall feasibility and potential profitability of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
January 01, 2019
Cathy Kunkel
Report
Key Shortcomings in Duke's North Carolina IRPs, An Issue-By-Issue Analysis: Part 2
Forecasts used by Duke Energy that predict steadily rising demand for electricity in the Carolinas ignore the company’s sales history in the past 15 years, which have been essentially flat, and should be challenged by state regulators.
February 01, 2021
Dennis Wamsted
Report
Leczna IGCC Project: High costs and unreliable operations can be expected
A proposed gasified-coal-fired power project at Łęczna in Poland risks high build costs and unreliable operation, given real-world experience of similar technology in the United States.
September 01, 2018
David Schlissel, Gerard Wynn
Report
Coal-fired power generation in freefall across southeast U.S.
Abundant gas supplies have transformed the electricity-generation sector in the traditionally coal-dominated Southeast U.S.
October 01, 2019
Dennis Wamsted, Seth Feaster
Report
Nuclear reactor problems in France show need for diversified mix of renewables
France, traditionally a leading exporter of electricity to the rest of Europe, is now in the position of needing to import power.
August 30, 2022
Frank Bass
Analysis

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