Peabody Coal-to-Oil Refinery

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Sturgis, KY
United States

Latitude: 37.54551

Longitude: -87.984

Notes

6/28/2007 Without a public announcement, the state awarded a $400,000 grant in May to Peabody Energy to conduct a feasibility study on a $3 billion coal-to-liquid fuel plant near Sturgis, in Union County, according to records.
And it committed $2 million in February to help a company called EnviRes LLC develop technology in the Ashland area to gasify coal, biomass and other carbon-bearing materials.

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Data Sources

EJN Coal Spreadsheet 2006/2007

Environmental Justice Analysis

Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian		0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%		0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
Black	8.4%	2.8%	4.6%	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic	1.4%	1.5%	1.0%	1.0%	1.5%
White	85.3%	90.5%	89.3%	90.7%	89.7%

Population	634	940	3,156	4,472	35k
Income	$50k				$47k

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Power	Type	Status	Fuel
	Fuel Conversion: Gasification/Liquefaction	Proposed	Coal

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