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The City of Newark is holding a Community Information Session on September 3 at 7 p.m. at the George Wilson Center on 303 New London Road in Newark about the proposed 248 megawatt gas power plant/data center on the UD Star campus (the site of the former Chrysler plant), which also happens to be located right next to the rail yard where trains carrying tar sands and Bakken shale oil wait to unload at the refinery.Take Action!
What: Newark Gas Power Plant/Data Center Community Information Session
When: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 7 p.m.
Where: George Wilson Center. 303 New London Road--across from UD Marriott
Had no idea a huge gas power plant was in the works in Newark, one of Delaware's most densley populated cities? You are not alone! The news has been kept very quiet by the City of Newark, the company and the UD. The City of Newark has claimed that even they do not know the details of this project, though it later came out that they have been in talks with Data Centers LLC, the company behind the project, for over a year. It was only after some citizens became aware of the project and demanded a public information session that the City agreed to schedule the September 3 meeting at the George Wilson Center. Unfortunately, they still completely neglected to mention the power plant aspect of the project in their flyer advertising the event (see right).Because of this secrecy, there's plenty we don't know about this project. What we do know is that Data Centers , LLC is proposing to build a 900,000-square-foot structure for housing computer servers, which would be run by energy created onsite via a natural gas fueled turbine system. The facility will create way more more energy than they need with plans to sell this excess energy to the city of Newark. In fact, Data Centers, LLC already has an agreement with the Delaware Municipal Electric Corp (DMEC) for selling the excess power.This proposed 248 MegaWatt power plant is slated to be built on UD's "Star Campus", which is in the middle of several residential neighborhoods. To offer some perspective, the current city of Newark total electric load is only 92 MegaWatts.Our chapter has many concerns about this project, including: how the community will be impacted by the addition of a major new polluting industrial site and cumulative risk of adding a gas pipeline and power plant next to the already dangerous oil tankers, the lack of transparency and community oversight, the reliance on fracked natural gas for the creation of power and the implications for public health and the climate via increased air pollution.Moving forward we do hope to find out more details about this project and we do urge you to attend this important public information session.
I hope to see you on September 3!
Stephanie Herron
Delaware Chapter, Volunteer and Outreach CoordinatorP.S. Want to help us spread the word about this proposed plant? Forward this email to your friends and neighbors or contact me to get involved with our public education campaign!
Also see: http://www.udel.edu/star/
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