The phrase "coal retirements" refers to the process of shutting down or decommissioning coal-fired power plants. It means that these power plants are being permanently closed and no longer used to generate electricity.
Sentences with «coal retirements»
In a report issued last month, Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecast «the largest wave of coal retirements in U.S. history.» (ucsusa.org)
They point to the need to build huge amounts of new power infrastructure, including natural gas plants, new pipelines and transmission lines, to make up for the 90 GW of expected coal retirements in the coming years. (utilitydive.com)
The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a sector trade group, reinforced the call for swift action, filing a study it commissionedy that claims the PJM market will «lose its resilience to gas outages if coal retirements continue.» (utilitydive.com)