Sentences with phrase «coal unit retirements»

The majority of the reductions in the RGGI region to date have occurred because of coal unit retirements and cutbacks in the use of residual oil which were driven by the economics of low natural gas fuel prices.

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A December report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said U.S. power generation from renewable sources, along with natural gas, would produce enough electricity to offset retirements of U.S. coal and nuclear units over the next 10 years.

«At 50 MW — 350 MW, modular units could provide efficiency and cost benefits, but probably wouldn't have significant impact on coal demand given the number of coal - fired unit retirements / closures being considered and the length of time this would take to get to the commercial stage (5 — 10 years).

The underlying analysis revealed that the average coal plant in the US is 40 years old and since 2010 more than half of US coal units have either shut down or have a planned retirement in the near future.

In addition to units currently planning to retire in 2018 or later (about 6.9 GW; 67 % coal, 20 % nuclear), there are between 108 and 118 units representing 22.9 to 30.7 GW of capacity at risk of retirement.

By creating a demand for this supposedly dispatchable power, the policy discourages the retirement of the very coal units that AEMO has identified as ill - suited to our needs.

Synapse developed the Coal Asset Valuation Tool (CAVT), a spreadsheet - based database and model, to identify and investigate U.S. coal units at risk for retiremCoal Asset Valuation Tool (CAVT), a spreadsheet - based database and model, to identify and investigate U.S. coal units at risk for retiremcoal units at risk for retirement.

Figure 1 compares the future economics of coal units that are slated for retirement and coal units that are currently not announced to retire.

The analysis identifies which units are no longer economic and may face retirement, features four snapshots of communities located near coal plants, and cautions states against a potentially risky wholesale shift away from coal to natural gas.

CAVT is used in several Synapse analyses to identify and investigate coal units at risk for retirement, including two studies led by Mr. Knight for the Energy Foundation: Displacing Coal: An Analysis of Natural Gas Potential in the 2012 Electric System Dispatch (August 2013), and Forecasting Coal Unit Competitiveness: Coal Retirement Assessment Using Synapse's Coal Asset Valuation Tool (October 20coal units at risk for retirement, including two studies led by Mr. Knight for the Energy Foundation: Displacing Coal: An Analysis of Natural Gas Potential in the 2012 Electric System Dispatch (August 2013), and Forecasting Coal Unit Competitiveness: Coal Retirement Assessment Using Synapse's Coal Asset Valuation Tool (October 20Coal: An Analysis of Natural Gas Potential in the 2012 Electric System Dispatch (August 2013), and Forecasting Coal Unit Competitiveness: Coal Retirement Assessment Using Synapse's Coal Asset Valuation Tool (October 20Coal Unit Competitiveness: Coal Retirement Assessment Using Synapse's Coal Asset Valuation Tool (October 20Coal Retirement Assessment Using Synapse's Coal Asset Valuation Tool (October 20Coal Asset Valuation Tool (October 2013).

The table below shows the progression of coal - fired generating unit retirements between 2010 and 2012.

At today's meeting, the TVA Board voted to delegate authority to TVA CEO Bill Johnson to determine the exact retirement date of the Allen coal units, which must retire by December 31, 2018 under the terms of a 2011 Consent Decree with EPA and environmental groups.

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) forthcoming climate change regulations for new and existing electricity generating units have been appropriately labeled the «war on coal,» [1] because the proposed limits for carbon dioxide emissions would essentially prohibit the construction of new coal - fired power plants and force existing ones into early retirement.

The closure plan was filed in response to a request by the N.C. Utilities Commission, which ordered Progress to provide its retirement schedule for «unscrubbed» coal - fired units in North Carolina.