New coal-fired generation has been effectively off the table in the U.S. for more than a decade. The TerraSpark Energy Campus is testing whether that’s still true. The DOE’s selection of the Grant County, West Virginia, project for up to $18.5 million in development funding is a notable signal that surging electricity demand—driven by data centers, manufacturing, and electrification—is forcing a fresh look at baseload coal.
The award will support front-end engineering and design (FEED), permitting work, and early technical studies for the greenfield facility, which would be sited near the existing Mt. Storm energy complex. Combined with $21.5 million in non-federal cost share from the developer, the scoping and design phase carries a total value of roughly $40 million. Project developer TerraSpark—legally TerraPurus Inc., doing business as TerraSpark Inc.—announced the award on June 4.
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