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Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Coal and gas-fired power plants make up nearly all planned 2023 retirements

February 7, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

Operators plan to retire 15.6 GW of electric-generating capacity in the United States during 2023, mostly natural gas-fired (6.2 GW) and coal-fired (8.9 GW) power plants, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA said that substantial […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Great River Energy To Retire Stanton Station

July 18, 2016

Via: Power Engineering

Great River Energy has announced plans to retire the Stanton Station coal-fired power plant in North Dakota by May 2017, saying that low prices in the regional energy market have rendered it uneconomical to operate. The power plant, which began […]