Two power plants considered for Carroll County
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Natural gas processing plants are being built around the Marcellus and Utica Shales, and Carroll County may be one of the next places to see one.
According to Akron Beacon Journal, Advanced Power Services’ Carroll County Energy LLC intends to build a power plant north of Carrollton that could power 700,000 houses.
Another company, Terra-Gen Power LLC, plans to build another facility north of Carrollton that would take natural gas from Dominion pipelines and move electricity to the grid by way of First Energy Co. lines.
Via: Akron Beacon Journal > Two companies to burn gas to produce electricity in Carroll County
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Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
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Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.