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Coal will make up 85% of electric generating capacity retirements in 2022 – Here’s why

By electrek.co 01/12/2022 - 00:18 08/28/2023 Electrek

US electricity generator operators have scheduled 14.9 gigawatts (GW) of electric generating capacity to retire during 2022, and the vast majority of those scheduled retirements – 85% – are coal-fired power plants, reports the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) today.. More…