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  • More Iowa coal plants are slated to close ...

    A coal-fired power plant in Colstrip, Mont. Iowa communities that are home to coal-fueled power plants should be proactive about planning for the facilities to close. That's one of the ...

  • Solar builders race to claim grid access at closing coal ...

    In comparison, Iowa has 11 GW of installed wind capacity and wind farms generated 58% of the state's power in 2020, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows. Coal-fired plants generated 24% and gas-fired units supplied 12%, while the Duane Arnold plant supplied 5%. Primed for PV.

  • Prairie Creek Generating Station - Global Energy Monitor

    ↑ "Coal fire fought at Cedar Rapids power plant" AP, May 19, 2011. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Iowa Operating Permit Application, Form 5.0, Title V Annual Emissions Summary ↑ "The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America's Dirtiest Energy Source," Clean Air Task Force, September 2010.

  • New Report Shows Customers Would Save $92 Million If ...

    DES MOINES, IA-- A new report, released today by the Sierra Club, finds that MidAmerican Energy's George Neal North and South coal plants near Sioux City have lost $27.5 million for its customers over the last five years.Low energy prices in 2020 have only worsened the performance of these plants, which are the most expensive in MidAmerican's coal fleet in Iowa.

  • Burlington Generating Station - Global Energy Monitor

    ↑Alliant Energy 10-k filing, page 22" alliantenergy.gcs.web.com, accessed June 17,2020 ↑ "EIA 923 March 2020" EIA 923 2020. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Alliant Energy 10-k filing, page 96" alliantenergy.gcs.web.com, accessed June 17,2020 ↑ "Alliant closes coal facility in Wisconsin amid transition to natural gas" thehawkeye.com, October 7, 2018 ↑ "EIA 860 2018" eia.gov, Form EIA-860 …

  • Air Quality Impact of the Coal-Fired Power Plants in the ...

    velop coal mine power stations in the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.5 The northern passageway mainly consists of coal-fired power plants. The total installed capacity of the proposed projects will ultimately reach 55.21 GW, of which 32.06 GW will be completed during the tenth five-year plan period (2001–2005), and 23.15 GW will be

  • Alliant to close one coal-fired power plant in Iowa ...

    Alliant Energy will close its Lansing coal-fired power plant in northeast Iowa over the next two years as it shifts to more solar, wind and other renewable energy sources. Retiring the Lansing plant is part of a broader goal to eliminate all coal from Alliant's power generation system by 2040, the company said Thursday.

  • Coal-Fired Power – Analysis - IEA

    Of the 2 080‑GW existing coal fleet, 60% is 20 years old or less. The young age of the global coal power plant fleet means that, under current and proposed investment plans and policies, coal-fired generation would use up most of the remaining carbon budget consistent with meeting the stringent UN climate goals agreed upon.

  • TACKLING CO EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING COAL-FIRED …

    environmental regulations affecting the operation costs of existing coal-fired power plants.5 In 2011, coal-fired generation accounted for 42% of the nation's annual electric power production,6 a 10% decline from 2000 levels.7 The Annual Energy Outlook 2013 Early Release, published by …

  • How to replace coal power with renewables in developing ...

    Yet despite these targets, more than 1,000 coal-fired power plants are planned or under construction around the world. Furthermore, existing coal-fired facilities in Asia - which have lifespans of 30-40 years - are only 11-years-old on average.This means that global emission reduction targets cannot be reached unless there is large-scale action to accelerate the retirement of existing coal ...

  • List of power stations in Iowa - Wikipedia

    This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Iowa, sorted by type and name.In 2019, Iowa had a total summer capacity of 20,410 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 61,674 GWh. The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 41.1% wind, 35.9% coal, 12.5% natural gas, 8.5% nuclear, 1.3% hydroelectric 0.4% petroleum, and 0.3% biomass.

  • An assessment of the potential for retrofitting existing ...

    type of units, pulverised coal-fired power plants dominate the investment in thermal power and a majority of newly built coal-fired power plants ar e ultra-supercritical units [4]. As a result of significant investment in power equipment in China, the growth in installed capacity in China has outpaced demand for power generation since 2005.

  • United States Phases Out 200th Coal Plant as Momentum for ...

    San Francisco, CA – Alliant Energy, a major Iowa utility, has committed to phase out coal use at six of its plants in the state, marking the 200th coal plant to shut down in the United States. This marks a milestone in the country's transition to clean energy and underscores Iowa's growth as a clean energy state. The announced coal plant retirements are the result of the

  • Title: The Future of Coal Generation in Great Britain ...

    generated than gas power plants; and ii. Imperfect information about the future role of coal in the energy mix creates significant uncertainty for lower-carbon new build plant, increasing hurdle rates and discouraging investment. These market failures mean that coal-fired power generation is overvalued relative to other forms of power generation.

  • Mapped: The world's coal power plants in 2020

    INFOGRAPHICS | March 26. 2020. 6:01. Mapped: The world's coal power plants. Since 2000, the world has doubled its coal-fired power capacity to around 2,045 gigawatts (GW) after explosive growth in China and India. A further 200GW is being built and 300GW is planned. More recently, 268GW has closed due to a wave of retirements across the EU ...

  • MidAmerican Energy - Global Energy Monitor

    Existing coal-fired power plants. In 2005, MidAmerican Energy (and, through them, Berkshire Hathaway) owned 11 coal-fired power plants with 29 generating units totalling 10,282 MW of capacity. Here is a list of MidAmerican's coal power plants:

  • More than 100 coal-fired plants have been replaced or ...

    Between 2011 and 2019, owners of 17 coal-fired plants adopted the first method, replacing old coal-fired power plants with new NGCC plants. The new NGCC plants have a total generating capacity of 15.3 GW, 94% more than the 7.9 GW capacity of the coal-fired power plants …

  • China To Build 43 New Coal-Fired Power Plants – Iowa ...

    China is planning to build 43 new coal-fired power plants and 18 new blast furnaces — equivalent to adding about 1.5% to its current annual emissions — according to a new report. The new projects were announced in the first half of this year despite the world's largest polluter pledging to bring its emissions to a peak before 2030, and to ...

  • IEEFA: New coal-fired power plants in India will be ...

    Solar tariffs in India are now below even the fuel costs of running most existing coal-fired power plants," says author Kashish Shah, Research Analyst at IEEFA. "In the last 12 months no new coal-fired power plants have been announced, and there has been no movement in the 29GW of preconstruction capacity.

  • Louisa Generating Station - Global Energy Monitor

    Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed April 2011 Louisa ranked 71st on list of most polluting power plants in terms of coal waste. In January 2009, Sue Sturgis of the Institute of Southern Studies compiled a list of the 100 most polluting coal plants in the United States in terms of coal combustion waste (CCW) stored in surface ...

  • Coal: Dangerous Power | Energy Justice Network

    Coal accounts for approximately half of all US power generation. It is mined in 26 US states, burned in all but two (Vermont and Rhode Island), and its waste (ash) is disposed of in more than 600 dumps in at least 47 states. All told, there are upwards of 600 existing coal plants in the United States and thousands around the world.

  • coal-fired power plants | Iowa Environmental Focus

    While Iowa was the 20 th and final state to make the list, the Quad-City Times reports that the emissions from coal and oil power plants only begin to indicate Iowa's total air pollution: Half of the industrial pollutants in the U.S. come from coal- and oil-fired power plants.

  • Iowa Profile - Energy Information Administration

    In 2019, wind turbines in Iowa generated more electricity than the state's coal-fired power plants for the first time. Coal-fired generation continued to decrease in 2020, providing 24% of the state's net electricity, down from 53% five years earlier. During the same period, wind power grew from 32% of the state's net generation to 57% in 2020.

  • Iowa and coal - Global Energy Monitor

    Iowa is 16th in the nation in coal power generation, with 72 operating coal-fired power units at 28 locations totaling 6,492 megawatts (MW). As of March 2010, three proposed coal plants in Iowa faced opposition and were canceled: Dairyland Chickasaw/Mitchell Plant, the LS Power Elk Run Energy Station, and the Sutherland Generating Station Unit 4. In 2003, MidAmerican completed construction …

  • A Coal-Fired Thermoelectric Power Plant - USGS

    Thermoelectric power plant Bowen owned by Georgia Power Company, from Highway 113, Euharlee, Bartow County, Georgia. Plant Bowen is one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the United States. Plant Bowen uses recirculating cooling, decreasing the …

  • Study: Iowa cities with coal power plants should plan for ...

    Study: Iowa cities with coal power plants should plan for their closure. News. October 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson (Radio Iowa) – A new study commissioned by the Iowa Environmental Council finds Iowa communities that are home to coal-fired power plants should be proactive about planning for those facilities to close. Iowa is home to nine utility ...

  • Category:Existing coal plants in Iowa - SourceWatch

    Iowa is 16th in the nation in coal power generation, with 72 operating coal-fired power units at 28 locations totaling 6,492 megawatts (MW). Click on the locations shown on the map for plant details. (To return to the map of existing coal plants in the U.S., click here.) For additional information on coal issues in Iowa, click here.