SUGAR LAND--July 30, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Southern Company (NYSE:SO) (Atlanta, Georgia) expects the Kemper County integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) generator project in Mississippi to produce its first synthetic gas from lignite coal in the fourth quarter this year, company executives said Wednesday. The plant is expected to begin operating full time in the first half of 2016.

Industrial Info is tracking $25 billion in active Southern Company projects. Fifty-five of these projects, including the Kemper County IGCC, are in the construction phases.

Within this article: Details on Southern Company's quarter and projects, including updates on the Kemper County IGCC project.