US coal plants close at record rate despite Trump’s support
About 15,100MW of coal-fired electricity generation was retired or converted in 2019
13 January 2020 - 16:00
US coal-fired power plants shut down at the second-fastest pace on record in 2019, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up the industry, according to data from the federal government and Thomson Reuters.
Power companies retired or converted about 15,100MW of coal-fired electricity generation, enough to power about 15-million homes, according to the data, which included preliminary statistics from the Energy Information Administration and Reuters reporting. That was second only to the record 19,300MW shut in 2015 during President Barack Obama’s administration...
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