GULFPORT, Miss., Oct. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mississippi Power's Kemper County energy facility has reached its most significant milestone to date with the testing of one of the project's coal gasification units. The test of the first of two coal gasification units, or gasifiers, involves the injection of sand into the equipment under operational conditions. The test is used as a major step before injecting lignite in the gasifiers for final operational testing. "The testing of the gasifier at Kemper is a huge step toward achieving full operation of the project in the first half of 2016," said Ed Holland, chairman and CEO of Mississippi Power. "This is one of the most important steps...
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