Tenaska announced that it has sold a 35 percent equity interest in the Trailblazer project to St. Louis, Missouri-based Arch Coal, Inc. (Arch). Tenaska and Arch also have signed an agreement under which Arch would supply all of the coal to fuel the project, estimated at 3.5 million tons per year, from its Southern Powder River Basin mines in Wyoming during the first 20 years of operation.

This new partnership is a strong indication of the progress we are making in bringing Trailblazer to reality. Arch is the second largest U.S. coal producer, supplying low-sulfur coal to fuel about 8 percent of the nation’s electricity. Tenaska believes Arch will bring significant strategic benefit to Trailblazer from its 40 years of experience in the coal industry.

Read the full press release here.

Tenaska will continue to be managing partner and will have full responsibility and decision-making authority for the development of the project.

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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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