Articles Tagged with ''coal fired power plants''

Utility has closed five power plants since 2012, with two planned by 2030

Bold plan to shift a third of energy baseload to renewables creates infrastructure work, but meets some resistance

The Nanticoke coal plant, once the largest in the world, stopped burning coal in 2013, but its 655-ft-tall twin chimneys stood like beacons on the north shore of Lake Erie in Canada’s Ontario province­—until the­ end of February.

Drought and continued reliance on electric generation that uses water for cooling are causing some of India’s power plants to shut down for days and even months at a time, a problem that is expected to worsen, according to a new report from the World Resources Institute.

Coal's demise means more work for engineers and contractors.