Kemper Project
OverviewTechnologyBackgroundTimelineLigniteResearch and developmentLegal issuesEnvironmental controversiesMississippi Power''s Kemper plant was intended to be an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility, utilizing a technology known as "transport integrated gasification" (TRIG) to convert lignite coal—mined on the Kemper site—into syngas. The natural gas would then have been used to power turbines to generate electricity. Mississippi Power stated that, by adding coal to its sources of power, it wished to add balance t