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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.—Garfield County officials are considering a proposal to use a coal seam fire to convert heat into electricity.
Geologist Lindsey Maness Jr. of In-Situ Coal Energy Corp. wants to set up a pilot project to determine if the plan is feasible.
Garfield County Planning Director Fred Jarman tells the Glenwood Springs Post Independent ( ) an electric plant could speed up the burning of the coal underground in the South Canyon and extinguish it more quickly.
In 2002, high winds whipped up sparks from the coal seam that erupted into the Coal Seam Fire, which burned 30 homes in Glenwood Springs.
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Information from: Post Independent,
