The economic argument for keeping older coal power plants in operation seems clear enough: they’re already here. That’s it. That’s the case. If that seems like weak tea, it is. Coal is resting on a fragile veneer of bottom line respectability in the era of modern renewable energy technology, and a new report underscores how wind and solar could stomp all over existing coal power plants as the global economy shifts toward recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
