A developer has shelved a 920-MW natural gas–fired power plant planned for Brooke County, West Virginia, citing “changing conditions in the energy and financial markets” and alleged coal industry interference.
Energy Solutions Consortium (ESC), a single purpose entity engaged in developing natural gas–fired power plants in West Virginia and Pennsylvania that has been active since 2011, said in an Oct. 9 press release that it would not move forward with a $5.6 million loan guarantee that the West Virginia Economic Development Authority (EDA) approved for the project on Sept. 9.
