Sentences with phrase «while coal retirement»
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Since 2012, two of New York's remaining coal plants, Dunkirk and Cayuga, have requested to mothball while a third, Huntley, has requested permanent retirement due to unfavorable market conditions.
While there are 282 plants across Europe left to go, coal plant retirements since January 2016 have already resulted in significant health and economic benefits.
High - income countries should commit now to end the building of new unabated coal - fired power generation and accelerate early retirement of existing unabated capacity, while middle - income countries should aim to limit new construction now and halt new builds by 2025.»
While environmental regulations have helped force the retirement of tens of thousands of megawatts of coal - fired power generation in recent years, so has competition from cheap natural gas.
Coal, pushed to retirement by EPA rules and cheap natural gas, diminishes in influence while solar capacity steadily rises to replace it.
This allows a graceful glide path to retirement for coal - fired power stations and their work forces while cleaner energy sources ramp up.
Along with renewables, 62 % expect moderate or significant growth in natural gas generation, while 79 % expect to see at least moderate coal retirements in the next decade.
The Nevada utility has requested approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for a 100 MW solar plant, while simultaneously requesting the early retirement of a coal - fired generation facility, but its previous objection to net metering lingers in the memory.
Now it faces new challenges: retirement of coal, oil, and nuclear baseload generation; the rise of renewables and how to fit them into the region - wide generating system while continuing to provide reliable service; and the potentially game - changing role of energy storage, if it actually becomes economically competitive.
While many other estimates exist for the number of coal plants at risk of retirement as they become financially unviable or reach the end of their expected lifespan, the majority fail to account for many of the costs of environmental compliance and for a long - term carbon emission price.