Report: Closing coal plants would save US $10bn a year

Madeleine Cuff
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By 2021 it will be cheaper to build and operate new gas plants than continue running coal power plants say experts

Energy consumers in the US could be paying an extra $10bn a year by 2021 to prop up ageing coal power plants, according to a new study which argues cheap gas and renewable energy will soon undercut the...

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