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After climate bill passage, WVa natural gas plant unveiled

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By JOHN RABY
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Maryland company says it will build a natural gas power plant designed to capture climate-changing carbon in West Virginia. Officials say it was made possible by a recently signed law embraced by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin that gives tax breaks for alternative energy projects. Competitive Power Ventures of Silver Spring, Maryland, will construct the 1,800-megawatt, combined-cycle plant. Manchin and company CEO Gary Lambert announced the project at a news conference Friday. Lambert says the company is looking at several locations and hopes to select one later this year. More than 1,000 union jobs will be used during construction. The plant is expected to start operations later this decade.

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