The 585 megawatt station under construction by electric utility Dominion Virginia Power (DVP) in Virginia City will be able to burn coal, waste coal and biomass.
It is designed to be carbon-capture compatible, with space dedicated for equipment that can remove up to 1,500 tons of carbon dioxide a day from the station's air emissions.
Plans call for removing carbon dioxide and piping it for permanent storage in unmineable coal seams and underground saline formations in the region.
