Environmental groups hailed the EPA's latest action as urgently needed to protect against the devastating harms of climate change. The power plant rule marks the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. The rule also would force future electric plants fueled by coal or …
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Back in the 1970s, natural gas was scarce and oil was expensive. But demand for electricity was strong and growing, which set off a boom in building coal-fired power plants, despite the Clean Air Act. This can be seen in Figure 3, which shows the vintage of all of the operating coal power plants in 2015.
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In early 2022, the San Juan coal mine outside of Farmington, New Mexico, was preparing to shut down, along with the coal-fired power plant it fed.
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The coal exit law stipulates that a total of 4.35 billion euros in compensation will be paid for the planned shutdowns by 2030. Western German power company RWE will receive 2.6 billion euros for shutting down its plants by the end of 2029. 1.75 billion euros will go to operations in the eastern German district Lusatia, run by the Lausitz Energie Kraftwerk …
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The station officially shut down in November of 2019 once its remaining supply of coal had burned. The Kayenta mine, which fed the plant, closed in August of 2019 because it didn't have any ...
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There are about 42,000 jobs linked directly to coal mining today, down from about 73,000 a decade ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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U.S. coal-fired power plants could be forced to shut down two years sooner than envisioned under a Biden administration plan to stifle pollution from the electricity sector.
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The unanimous decision last week by the Public Regulation Commission makes New Mexico a test case for how to move away from coal power without …
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Despite years of warnings about coal mines and power plants shutting down on the Navajo Reservation, promised funding to help an economic transition has failed …
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The Tennessee Valley Authority, a U.S.-owned utility, confirmed on Monday it plans to shut four remaining coal plants by 2035, the year by when President Joe Biden wants the nation's power grid to ...
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Arizona Public Service (APS) has confirmed plans to shut down the Cholla Power Plant, a decision that has been in the pipeline for some time. When contacted regarding the closure Mike Philipsen, a senior communication consultant for APS said that in the next several months information should be made available to the public but could …
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Duke Energy, the country's second-largest utility, recently announced it will close its 11 coal-fired power plants by 2035 – 13 years earlier than previously expected. Duke says it will ...
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A few months later, it called for retiring most of its Wyoming coal fleet over the next few years, then committed to shutting down a coal unit at Cholla Power Plant in Arizona by the end of 2020.
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New Mexico is also home to Four Corners Power Plant, whose majority owner, Arizona Public Service Co., has pledged to shut it down by 2031. New Mexico regulators recently rejected PNM's plan to ...
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Georgia Power plans to power down the last of its coal-fired plants by 2035, when Plant Bowen in northwest Georgia is poised to close, according to long-term planning documents the company filed Monday. The documents filed Monday present the utility's long-term plans to produce energy, which the Georgia Public Service …
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Florida Power & Light's last coal-fired plant in that state has officially closed. The formal retirement of Indiantown Cogeneration Plant (pictured) came as the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31.
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By the end of the decade Minnesota Power intends to shut down the Boswell Energy Center Unit 3, a 335-megawatt coal-fired plant in Cohasset. The utility plans to add 400 megawatts of solar and ...
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Over the last two decades, 21 coal-fired power plants have shut down across the Western U.S. Twenty-one down, 32 to go. Those numbers are based on a …
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Coal industry group America's Power, for example, assailed Biden's "call to shut down coal power plants," saying a switch from coal to wind power would cost taxpayers $1.2 trillion dollars. Now ...
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WASHINGTON — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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A step in Washington's move to a green grid, the power plant's closure is likely to mark the end of the coal economy in the region and the start of a renewable energy hub.
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ATLANTA – Atlanta-based Southern Co., the parent of Georgia Power, is doubling down on its commitment to reduce its reliance on coal. Georgia Power gets OK to recover $2.1B from customers for Plant Vogtle expansion; The nation's third largest utility has announced plans to close most of its coal-burning units at Plant Scherer near …
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Of these, the Navajo Generating Station and Kayenta mine has already shuttered, while the Cholla Power Plant is shutting down …
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In the two months since the San Juan Generating Station shut down in New Mexico, the region's customers have been paying the same rate for a facility that's no longer giving them energy. And they …
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A tech startup has hatched a plan to save New Mexico's last coal plant. The Four Corners power plant, located in the Navajo Nation roughly 200 miles northwest of …
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President López Obrador revived a plan for coal-fired power plants in northern Mexico to buy coal from the smallest mines, which are narrow and primitive and considered unsafe. IE 11 is not ...
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TransAlta is the only coal-burning power plant in Washington state. As part of 2011 legislation to reduce emissions, it must stop burning coal completely by 2025.
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The plant's five co-owners agreed to shut down one of the facility's two generators for seven months each year beginning in the fall of 2023. The other …
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Burning coal contributes greenhouse gas emissions that fuel climate change, but that isn't the only reason the utility wants to shut this plant down. Credit: Joe Passe/CC-BY-SA-2.0 Related
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The Biden Administration announced Saturday that the United States is committed to phasing out coal power plants nationwide and not building new ones as it moves ahead with its green agenda.
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