Sentences with phrase «retiring capacity units»

If economic market signals mean anything, no one should be building new generation except to replace retiring capacity units.

Not exact matches

The net summer capacity of the average retired coal unit was 133 megawatts (MW), compared with 278 MW for the rest of the coal units still operating.

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.

One key step was the return to service of 450 MW of capacity from two retired natural - gas fired units at the AES Huntington Beach power plant.

After 2032, the existing fleet becomes inconsistent with the 2DS due to rapidly declining capacity factors and therefore units will need to be progressively retrofitted with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) or retired prematurely.

PEF plans to retire two older coal - fired units totaling 869 MW, or about 38 % of its coal capacity.