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Article: Chile : GDF Suez denied maritime permit for coal-fired plant.
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- October 27, 2009
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Byline: pinto03
Chile's undersecretary of the sea, a branch of the ministry of defense, has rejected a maritime permit request for GDF Suez's planned Barrancones coal-fired plant, Chilean newspaper El Mercurio reported.
Set for the La Higuera municipality of Chile's region IV, the 566MW complex is expected to cost US$1.1bn.
The EIS, which was submitted in November 2007, is still under review.
Plans for the thermo plant included the construction of a port to receive coal and diesel imports, BNamericas previously reported.
GDF Suez will be unable to construct the plant without the maritime permit, even if the project EIS is ...