Planned Retirements of U.S. Coal-Fired Electric-Generating Capacity to Increase in 2025

Electricity generators plan to retire 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2025, a 65% increase in retirements compared with 2024. Last year, 7.5 GW was retired from the U.S. power grid, the least generation retired since 2011, according to data reported to us in our latest inventory of electric generators. Coal ... [continued] The post Planned Retirements of U.S. Coal-Fired Electric-Generating Capacity to Increase in 2025 appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Planned Retirements of U.S. Coal-Fired Electric-Generating Capacity to Increase in 2025

Electricity generators plan to retire 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2025, a 65% increase in retirements compared with 2024. Last year, 7.5 GW was retired from the U.S. power grid, the least generation retired since 2011, according to data reported to us in our latest inventory of electric generators. Coal ... [continued]

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