Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:17:22 +0000
PJM has urged Talen Energy to delay its deactivation of two of four units at the 840-MW coal, oil, and gas–fired Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station in Maryland until transmission […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:01:37 +0000
A wave of retirements for U.S. coal-fired power plants continues, with the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reporting almost a quarter of the nation’s remaining facilities could be shuttered by the end of 2029. The EIA in its preliminary monthly electric generator inventory report released Nov. 7 said that 23% of the nearly 201 GW of […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: George Koutsonicolis| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:15:04 +0000
The Biden administration has made clear its intention to promote the transition to clean energy, setting ambitious goals like carbon neutrality for the power sector by 2035 and for the entire country by 2050. A critical step toward these goals was congressional passage of the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which President […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: George Koutsonicolis| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:15:04 +0000
The Biden administration has made clear its intention to promote the transition to clean energy, setting ambitious goals like carbon neutrality for the power sector by 2035 and for the entire country by 2050. A critical step toward these goals was congressional passage of the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which President […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:21:05 +0000
Georgia Power plans to shutter most of its coal fleet by 2028 and completely exit coal-fired power by 2035, according to the utility’s latest integrated resource plan (IRP) filed with state regulators on Jan. 31. The Southern Co. subsidiary on Monday said it would make more investments in natural gas-fired generation, along with renewable energy, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:21:05 +0000
Georgia Power plans to shutter most of its coal fleet by 2028 and completely exit coal-fired power by 2035, according to the utility’s latest integrated resource plan (IRP) filed with state regulators on Jan. 31. The Southern Co. subsidiary on Monday said it would make more investments in natural gas-fired generation, along with renewable energy, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:17:00 +0000
There are a lot of changes taking place in the world’s energy supplies. We seem to read announcements almost every day about coal plant retirements, and solar and wind farm installations. Yet, when you look
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:37:32 +0000
The accelerated retirement of coal-fired and nuclear generation by 2022 could adversely affect reliability in four regions, including in the east and over a swathe of the central U.S., the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warned as it released findings from a “stress-test” scenario. But the entity tasked with ensuring reliability and security of […]
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Read moreMore than 10% of the coal mined from eight U.S. regions in the first half of 2018 was sent to coal plants scheduled for retirement between this year and 2032, according to a report from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The trend is another troubling sign for the struggling coal industry. The analysis released September 7 […]
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