The community is fearful of what will happen once it shutters.
Here's why China’s post-COVID-19 stimulus must reject costly coal power
The coronavirus outbreak has struck a significant blow to the Chinese economy. The severity of this hit will not only depend on the extent and depth of the outbreak, but also on the government's response. Here is why China should avoid coal power investments when stimulating the economy after COVID-19 has been contained.
U.S. Coal Fired Power Plants Closing Fast
Coal Ash Recycling Rate Declines
Fifth Coal Plant in a Month Announces Closure in Illinois
The E.D. Edwards power plant, south of Peoria, will be closed, resolving a federal lawsuit filed six years ago, “which documented how various owners had failed to install modern pollution-control equipment.”
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Several of the Largest Coal Plants in the US to Close in 2019
After older, smaller plants started closing, now big coal plants will stop operating by the end of 2019, this Scientific American article points out. These larger plants are also some of the biggest carbon dioxide emitters in the US.
Closures are a result of plants becoming more expensive to operate over time. The article lists the following plants that will close by the year’s end:
Navajo Generating Station, AZ
Bruce Mansfield plant, PA
Paradise Plant, KY
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Interactive Map Shows Changes in Global Coal Power Since 2000
The organization Carbon Brief has built an interactive website where you can explore the capacity changes in coal power since the year 2000.
See the interactive website here.
Visualizations Show How Each State Produces Electricity
What Will Happen to Drywall Plants Using Coal Ash?
This article highlights the impact of Bruce Mansfield coal power plant’s future closure in the nearby National Gypsum drywall plant. Like many other drywall plants, it is located adjacent to a coal plant and connected to it by conveyor belts, to reprocess the coal plant’s waste to produce wallboard.
In the article, National Gypsum says it’s committed to diversify its gypsum supply in order to continue operating the drywall plant after the coal plant closes.
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