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Coal-fired power plants are dying across the Western U.S. Here's a nearly complete round-up & map of Western coal plants slated for closure + the few last hold-outs https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-02-04/coal-power-plants-western-us
Several of these "holdouts" have announced retirements since Feb 2020 (links to follow)...
Several of these "holdouts" have announced retirements since Feb 2020 (links to follow)...
5 more coal-fired generators at 4 plants will close in Colorado, according to reporting by the Colorado Sun
-Rawhide (CO), 293 MW, 2030
-Ray D Nixon (CO), 207 MW, 2030
-Hayden (CO) 1, 179 MW, 2030
-Hayden (CO) 2, 262 MW, 2036
-Pawnee (CO), 552 MW, 2041 https://coloradosun.com/2020/06/26/martin-drake-power-plant-shut-2023-coal/
-Rawhide (CO), 293 MW, 2030
-Ray D Nixon (CO), 207 MW, 2030
-Hayden (CO) 1, 179 MW, 2030
-Hayden (CO) 2, 262 MW, 2036
-Pawnee (CO), 552 MW, 2041 https://coloradosun.com/2020/06/26/martin-drake-power-plant-shut-2023-coal/
That leaves just 16 coal plants across the West without committed retirement dates (that Im aware of). Last of a dying breed.
