Mesaba Energy Project

Excelsior Energy

Excelsior Energy plans to license, construct, own and operate an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle electric power generating station near Taconite.

The project is aimed at addressing the need for baseload power generation, protecting the environment, putting Minnesotans to work, improving trade balances, minimizing dependence on energy imports, and using coal, a secure, abundant domestic natural resource.

The plant will be cleaner than any existing coal-fired electrical generation plant, provide more stable pricing than natural gas-fired plants, and be more reliable than wind, says Excelsior Energy. An optional site is located near Hoyt Lakes. 

Project News

Opinions vary on Excelsior being dropped from DOE list

Though Mesaba Energy Project opponents say the project’s absence on a U.S. Department of Energy list means the project is Read More »

Feds take Iron Range coal gasification plant off list

A controversial $1.4 billion coal gasification plant planned near Bovey has fallen off a list of the U.S Department of Read More »

Mesabi Nugget is back up

The Mesabi Nugget plant has restarted, and plans were to begin production of the 95 percent-pure iron pellets Monday evening.

PUC approved key permits for Iron Range coal-gasification power plant

St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota Public Utilties Commission (PUC) approved some key permits for the Mesaba Energy Project; a Read More »

Mesaba Energy project gets OK to go ahead

An administrative law judge reviewing Excelsior Energy’s Mesaba Energy project recommended on Read More »

Mesaba Energy Project's final EIS is released

The final Environmental Impact Statement for the Mesaba Energy Project’s coal gasification venture has been released Read More »

Excelsior Energy environmental review finished

State and federal agencies Monday released the final Read More »

Excelsior gets short shrift from PUC staff

The staff of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission takes a dim view of Excelsior Energy’s latest Read More »

Excelsior asks for judicial review

Excelsior Energy wants to take its case to the judicial system, but there are questions whether the case is ready Read More »

PUC issues mixed findings on Mesaba Energy project

An Aug. 2 decision by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) sets the stage for the parent firm of Mesaba Read More »

Company Press Releases

Julie Jorgensen: We need baseload power. Coal's plentiful. Let's clean it up

As heads of government gather in my ancestral home of Denmark, the Read More »

Final Environmental Impact Statement Issued for Mesaba Energy Project

Excelsior Energy announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy and the Minnesota Department Read More »

Excelsior Energy acquires rights to Hoyt Lakes site