Multitrade Rabun Gap

20 MW

Address

398 Kellys Creek Road
Rabun Gap, GA 30568
United States

Latitude: 34.95429

Longitude: -83.37812

http://www.leafcleanenergy.com/portfolio/mrg/

Year Opened: 1981

Water Source: Little Tennessee River

Cost (in millions): 23

Notes

Approved for $8,503,434 Incentive Tax Credit under Section 1603 of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
The biomass facility is located in an already existing power plant in an idled Fruit of the Loom manufacturing facility. 20 people will work at the plant.

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Data Sources

EIA 2008
2012 U.S. Biomass Power Map
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860

Environmental Justice Analysis

Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian		0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%
Black	0.6%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%
Hispanic	20.1%	11.0%	10.2%	10.2%	8.1%
White	75.6%	84.6%	84.9%	84.8%	87.0%

Population	467	1,199	4,391	12k	68k
Income				$44k	$45k

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CORPORATIONS

Name	Relation	Ownership
Multitrade Biomass Holdings	Owner	100%
Pure Energy	Operator

LINKS

Link
Air Quality Permit 8/18/2011
Biomass Electricity: Clean Energy Subsidies for a Dirty Industry Received $8,503,434 in ARRA, Section 1603 Energy Grants
Funding streams to biomass power 6/29/2011 "Open loop biomass combustion power plants that have taken the ITC so far represent about $102 million in expenditures"
Georgia's First Biomass Power Plant
New biomass plant creates renewable energy for members

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Unit Information

Power	Type	Status	Fuel
20 MW	Burner: Gasification	Operating	Wood Waste Solids
4.1 MW		Closed	Wood Waste Solids

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