Shovels Hit Dirt: GA Power Breaks Ground on Plant Bowen Expansion

Back in March, we told you about two radical green groups — the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Sierra Club — running to court to block new gas-fired turbines at Georgia Power's Plant Bowen in Bartow County, Georgia (see Big Green Sues to Block Clean-Burning Gas Plant in Bartow County, GA). Yesterday, July 28, the shovels went in the ground anyway. Georgia Power, joined by two senior U.S. Department of Energy officials, formally broke ground in Euharlee on a project that adds roughly 1,485 megawatts (MW) of combined-cycle natural gas generation plus a 500 MW battery storage system using Tesla Megapacks. The new units are expected to fire up in three to four years — before the end of the decade. DOE tied the project to a $26.5 billion federal loan to parent company Southern Company. Big Green showed up too, but only with a press release.

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