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Georgia Pacific Big Island
0.4 MW
Address
9363 Lee Jackson Highway
Big Island, VA 24526
United States
Latitude:
37.534
Longitude:
-79.357
Year Opened:
1920
Water Source:
James River
Notes
50% funded by the US Department of Energy as a demonstration project for a black liquor gasification plant. The demonstration plant had technological failures.
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Data Sources
EIA 2008
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860
Environmental Justice Analysis
Distance (miles)
0
2.5
5
10
25
American Indian
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
Asian
0.2%
0.5%
1.7%
Black
6.9%
7.3%
16.3%
Hispanic
2.6%
1.6%
3.8%
White
87.4%
87.3%
73.1%
Population
1,749
6,709
208k
Income
$61k
$57k
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CORPORATIONS
Name
Relation
Ownership
GP Big Island LLC
Owner
100%
LINKS
Link
Georgia-Pacific's Big Island Biomass Gasification Project Website Now Live
December 2001
TRI report
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Unit Information
Power
Type
Status
Fuel
Secondary Fuel(s)
0.2 MW
Hydroelectric
Operating
Water
0.2 MW
Hydroelectric
Operating
Water
7.5 MW
Closed
Wood Waste Solids
Natural Gas
Other Biomass Solid
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