Southern’s $6.9 Billion Clean Coal Plant Produces First Power

  • Southern expects Kemper plant to be in service by Nov. 30
  • Complex built to convert coal into gas and capture carbon
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Southern Co.’s $6.9 billion “clean coal” power plant in Mississippi produced electricity for the first time.

The Kemper station used synthetic natural gas, converted from Mississippi lignite coal, to produce its first batch of power, Southern’s Mississippi Power utility said in a statement Wednesday.