Sentences with phrase «require older coal plants»
One reason for the uptick in coal - fired generation in Europe has been the looming deadline for the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive, which will require older coal plants to meet lower emission levels by the end of 2015 or be mothballed.
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The federal law calls for the states to require energy companies to install «best available retrofit technology» on old coal - fired power plants because their sulfur and nitrogen oxides are leading contributors to the haze that obscures vistas from the Grand Canyon to the Great Smoky Mountains.
Environmentalists countered that Utah seems to be content with falling behind neighboring states, where old coal - fired plants are being required to use SCR.
Residential customers experiencing the highest increases, and / or potential increases, are those who are heavily dependent on coal - fueled generation, as required retrofits can not economically meet existing environmental requirements — resulting in the proposed retirement of older coal - fueled plants.
Free enterprise was going to have to build some sort of power generation anyway, old coal and nuclear plants do wear out and require replacement.
Another area requiring immediate intensified work, Dr. Holdren and other experts say, is large - scale demonstration of systems for capturing carbon dioxide from coal burning before too many old - style plants are built.