Sentences with phrase «last coal unit»

The Duisburg - Hochfeld plant has closed last week (1), and the last coal unit at the Werdohl - Elverlingsen plant will follow suit on 31 March (2).

Not exact matches

[D] espite additions of substantial wind, solar, and nuclear capacity, when properly adjusted for capacity factor (the amount of annual energy produced per unit of capacity) to reflect production capability, the amount of new coal energy added to the China grid last year exceeded new solar energy by 17 times, new wind energy by more than 4 times, and even new hydro by more than 3 times.

Kentucky Power on Aug. 28, in a twice - yearly fuel report filed at the Kentucky Public Service Commission, was essentially making the last such report where its 800 - MW, coal - fired Big Sandy Unit 2 ran for the full period before being retired.

On March 2, for example, German coal generator Enervie said it would close the 310 - MW Werdohl - Elverlingsen unit — a 1982 - built plant in North Rhine - Westphalia that ran only 780 hours last year — by month's end.

For instance, during a Q4 earnings call last month, Jim Robo, CEO of NextEra Energy, predicted that by the early 2020s, it will be cheaper to build new renewables than to continue running existing coal units.

Many of the coal units weren't simply old; they also couldn't comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's tougher rules for mercury and toxic air emissions, which went into effect last April.

For example, the number of people living close to an operating coal plant — which is made up of individual coal units — plummeted in the last decade.

Last summer, FirstEnergy said it planned to sell or close its 136 MW Bay Shore coal plant in Oregon, Ohio, and units 1 - 4, representing 720 MW, of its seven unit W.H. Sammis coal plant in Stratton, Ohio, by 2020.