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It happened with the push of a detonator, the collapse of a smoke stack and the sounds of applause.
Another chapter of New Jersey’s reliance on coal power plants to generate electricity came to a noisy end Friday morning.
The state’s two remaining coal-fired plants in South Jersey — the Logan Generating Plant and Chambers Cogeneration Plant — ceased operations in June. The Logan plant in Gloucester County was imploded Friday morning as part of a ceremony, attended by various officials. Officials did not immediately clarify any plans to demolish the Chambers plant in Carneys Point, Salem County.
Starwood Energy, an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group that focuses on energy infrastructure investments and owns both facilities, announced Friday that the company will build grid-scale “battery storage projects” at both the Logan and Chambers plants. The projects will support offshore wind transmission lines.
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