In an analysis for the Energy Information Administration, Laura Martin and Jeffrey Jones project that coal
plant retirements during 2015 — 20 as a result of CPP actions may reach 61.6 GW (of a total of 326 GW in operation in 2014), with 30.4 GW in the 2020s and 7.5 GW in the 2030s.
To compound matters, Michigan is facing a number of coal - generating power
plant retirements during the next six years.
Not exact matches
Similarly, emission reductions in the UK power sector were largely driven by the
retirement of old, inefficient coal
plant during the 1990s, through sulphur regulations which meant
plant owners were faced with the choice of either retrofitting stock or retiring it (Eyre, 2001).
From the Daily Caller: Coal - fired power
plants kept the lights on for millions of Americans
during January's bomb cyclone, according to an Energy Department report warning future
plant retirements could imperil grid security.