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Average of US coal electricity plant is 39 years

MOST coal-fired capacity (88%) in the US was built between 1950 and 1990, and the capacity-weighted average age of operating coal facilities is 39 years, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Lou Caruana
Average of US coal electricity plant is 39 years

Coal-fired electricity generators accounted for 25% of operating electricity generating capacity in the US and generated about 30% of US electricity in 2016, a report by the EIA states. About half of...

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