US EditionIndiana Lawmakers Tout $1.5 Billion Investment Into West Terre Haute Coal-Powered Plant
The $1.5 billion loan aims to restart a coal gasification plant producing 500,000 metric tons of fertilizer annually to reduce reliance on foreign imports, officials said.
- On Oct. 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a $1.5 billion loan to Wabash Valley Resources to finance a coal-powered fertilizer facility in West Terre Haute, Indiana.
- Backed by President Donald Trump's agenda, the DOE said the project is supported by the Energy Dominance Financing Program and funds Wabash Valley Resources’ $2.6 billion clean ammonia project.
- Repurposing an idled coal gasification plant since 2016, plans call for producing 500,000 metric tons of anhydrous ammonia per year using coal from a nearby Southern Indiana mine and petcoke as feedstock.
- Local leaders said the project will restore good-paying jobs and strengthen fertilizer supply for American agriculture, benefiting local workers and rural Indiana communities near West Terre Haute.
- Honeywell's Ken West highlighted that their carbon capture technologies help optimize operations and reduce emissions for Wabash Valley Resources, supporting domestic fertilizer production.
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Indiana lawmakers tout $1.5 billion investment into West Terre Haute coal-powered plant
WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — State and local lawmakers are celebrating the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office's announcement of a $1.5 billion loan for a coal-powered fertilizer facility in the Wabash Valley. The loan will help fund a $2.6-billion coal-powered clean ammonia fertilizer facility in West Terre Haute. According to a press release from the Department of Energy, the plant is anticipated to produce 500,000 metric …
Plans for Indiana coal-power fertilizer facility to get $1.5 billion federal loan
WASHINGTON (WISH) — Indiana-based Wabash Valley Resources Limited Liability Corp. will get a $1.5 billion loan from the federal government to finance a coal-powered fertilizer facility in West Terre Haute, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a news release issued Wednesday. The project will restart and repurpose a coal gasification plant that has been idled since 2016. The release said jobs will be created but did not provide details. The loan…
Wabash Valley Resources secures $1.5B U.S. government loan
Wabash Valley Resources has secured a $1.5 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to help finance a coal and ammonia fertilizer facility in West Terre Haute, the federal agency announced today.
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