Company seeking to reopen coal fired generation along the Potomac has cited support from Governor Moore, Maryland Department of the Environment to project investors
WASHINGTON — Public Citizen and the Port Tobacco River Conservancy today called on Maryland Governor Wes Moore to clarify whether his office or the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has endorsed a proposal to revive retired coal-fired electric generation facilities along the Potomac River in Charles County to power a planned data center.
In a presentation to investors on February 26, project developer, the bitcoin miner TeraWulf, claimed that the company’s plan to take ownership of four operational oil-fueled power plants, along with two coal units that were retired in 2022, was “Supported by Governor Moore and MDE.” TeraWulf has plans to “repower” the coal plants using either coal or natural gas to provide power to a data center nearby that has been proposed for the site…