Trailblazer Energy Center
Project Journal
JULY ENTRIES
Tenaska Establishes Community Relations Office
July 31, 2008
Tenaska has opened a community relations office in Sweetwaterto help provide Nolan County residents access to information about the Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center.
The office is at the Texas National Bank Building, 400 E. Broadway, Suite 110, Sweetwater, TX 79556. Tenaska Community Representative Lloyd Harris will staff the office on a part-time basis. He can be reached by phone at 325/480-2552 and by e-mail at harrisl@tenaska.com.
Tenaska Manager of Business Development Helen Manroe said she is pleased that the office is officially open. First, she said it helps maintain the open two-way communication Tenaska wants to have with the residents and businesses in Nolan County. Second, the office will provide a central location where Tenaska personnel can meet and work when they visit Nolan County.
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Tenaska Vice President Testifies Before Texas Senate Committee
July 8, 2008
At the invitation of Texas Senator Kip Averitt, (R-Waco), Tenaska’s Vice President of Environmental Affairs Greg Kunkel testified about the Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center before the Senate Natural Resources Committee today. The committee was holding hearings about current and future emission control technologies, federal and state emissions requirements, and carbon capture.
In his testimony, Dr. Kunkel discussed Tenaska’s evaluation process for determining which clean coal technologies to develop and the best location for such a technologically advanced plant. The committee was interested in how the current federal and state regulatory environments impact private development of clean coal technology.
Dr. Kunkel explained that the technology for capturing and storing carbon dioxide exists and is available today, but uncertainty in Congress and in federal regulations can slow industry progress in developing clean coal technologies. When climate change legislation passes, Tenaska plans to be ahead of the curve with the Trailblazer Energy Center already well into development.
You can listen to an audio archive of Dr. Kunkel’s testimony at this Web site. To listen to the testimony, click on, “July 8, 2008 - Road Mtg. in The Woodlands”. Dr. Kunkel’s panel begins three hours and 48 minutes into the hearing.
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Tenaska Sees Positive Responses to CO2 Open Season
July 2, 2008
Interested oil producers are already responding positively to Tenaska’s open season (request for bids) for the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced and captured by the Trailblazer Energy Center. This response indicates that a good potential market for CO2 exists in the Permian Basin.
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More information about the Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center and illustrations for press use may be obtained at www.tenaskatrailblazer.com.
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