{"id":51713,"date":"2019-07-26T18:56:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T18:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energi.media\/?p=51713"},"modified":"2019-07-26T18:56:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T18:56:06","slug":"more-us-coal-fired-power-plants-decommissioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energi.media\/news\/more-us-coal-fired-power-plants-decommissioning\/","title":{"rendered":"More US coal-fired power plants decommissioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Slade Johnson and Kien Chau<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article was published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=40212&amp;fbclid=IwAR0pd_IHj78FxNObU_v2HtOk5L7d8DWTEqyE5bxf8uL6baZ0MsYD3ozwScE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Energy Information Administration<\/a> on July 26, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Between 2010 and the first quarter of 2019, U.S. power companies announced the retirement of more than 546 coal-fired power units, totalling about 102 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Plant owners intend to retire another 17 GW of coal-fired capacity by 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration\u2019s (EIA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/data\/eia860m\/\"><em>Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a coal unit retires, the power plant site goes through a complex, multi-year process that includes decommissioning, remediation, and redevelopment.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/images\/2019.07.26\/main.svg\" alt=\"total net summer capacity of retired coal units\" width=\"619\" height=\"293\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Energy Information Administration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/data\/eia860\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annual Electric Generator Report<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/data\/eia860m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"source\"><\/div>\n<p>Coal-fired power plants in the United States remain under significant economic pressure. Many plant owners have retired their coal-fired units because of relatively flat electricity demand growth and increased competition from natural gas and renewables.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, plant owners retired more than 13 GW of coal-fired generation capacity, which is the second-highest annual total for U.S. coal retirements in EIA\u2019s dataset; the highest total for coal retirements, at 15 GW, occurred in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The annual number of retired U.S. coal units has declined since 2015, and the configuration of retired coal capacity has changed. Coal-fired units that retired after 2015 in the United States have generally been larger and younger than the units that retired before 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. coal units that retired in 2018 had an average capacity of 350 megawatts (MW) and an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/data\/eia860\/\">average age<\/a>\u00a0of 46 years, compared with an average capacity of 129 MW and average age of 56 years for the coal units that retired in 2015.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 618px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/images\/2019.07.26\/chart2.svg\" alt=\"characteristics of retired coal-fired units\" width=\"618\" height=\"293\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Energy Information Administration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/data\/eia860\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annual Electric Generator Report<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/data\/eia860m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"source\"><\/div>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2016-06\/documents\/4783_plant_decommissioning_remediation_and_redevelopment_508.pdf\">coal-fired plant\u2019s decommissioning process<\/a>, the electric-generating equipment\u2014such as precipitators, boilers, turbines, and generators\u2014are shut down and operating permits are terminated. Unused coal and materials associated with both the generation process and the buildings and structures are removed. The electric-generating equipment may be used at other plants or sold as scrap.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=33792\">nuclear plant decommissioning<\/a>, which is closely regulated by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/\">Nuclear Regulatory Commission<\/a>, the physical process of decommissioning a coal-fired power plant is not as firmly regulated in terms of specific procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The time required to physically decommission a coal-fired power plant varies and sometimes overlaps with remediation and redevelopment.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/images\/2019.07.26\/chart3.png\" alt=\"four main phases of coal power plant decommissioning\" width=\"600\" height=\"154\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"source\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Remediation<\/strong>\u00a0involves cleaning up hazardous materials to meet federal and state requirements. Remediation of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/coalash\/coal-ash-rule#summary\">coal combustion residuals<\/a>\u00a0(CCR), commonly known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/coalash\/coal-ash-basics\">coal ash<\/a>, is the primary focus in coal plant decommissioning because it is one of the largest U.S. industrial waste streams.<\/p>\n<p>CCR can be disposed in onsite landfills or surface impoundments, known as coal ash ponds. CCR also can be moved offsite to be recycled into products such as concrete or wallboard.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>redevelopment<\/strong>\u00a0of a decommissioned coal-fired plant may involve repurposing the site for another generation technology or some other commercial, industrial, or municipal application.<\/p>\n<p>Coal-fired power plants typically occupy land in or near downtown areas or along rivers, and they usually have access to railways, roadways, water, sewers, and other infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Repowering a plant with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tva.gov\/Energy\/Our-Power-System\/Natural-Gas\/Clean-Natural-Gas-Comes-to-Memphis\">natural gas-fired technology<\/a>, such as a combined-cycle natural gas turbine plant, requires significantly less space than coal-fired configurations, which could cover hundreds of acres. Repowering a former coal-fired plant with natural gas-fired elements is a viable option for power providers because much of the critical infrastructure is already in place, including transmission lines, substations, and water.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Slade Johnson and Kien Chau This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 26, 2019. 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