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