Hanrahan4d ago

Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn’t even running

https://slrpnk.net/post/35497232

Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn’t even running - SLRPNK

>In the US, the economics of coal power generation are marginal at best, and a large number of coal plants have shut down as cheaper renewables and natural gas have surged. The Trump administration has used a number of methods to swim against this economic tide, the simplest of which has been to order plants scheduled for closure to remain operational. >In response, the Environmental Defense Fund checked the generating stats for the area served by the TransAlta Centralia Coal Plant, which is the last remaining coal plant on its segment of the grid. According to Energy Information Administration data, coal contributed just 8 megawatt-hours in January and February, an amount of energy the solar panels on my house can produce in roughly eight months. This, the EDF said, is consistent with the plant simply maintaining the capacity to come back online.

Show threadpartial_accumen4d ago

According to Energy Information Administration data, coal contributed just 8 megawatt-hours in January and February, an amount of energy the solar panels on my house can produce in roughly eight months.

From Jan1 to Dec 31 2025, my home solar panels generated 19.5MWh. That’s well over double what that coal plant produced in two months, and I produced far less CO2 doing it.

Show threadshani664d ago

That’s… Not very impressive? Don’t get me wrong, renewables are just better and coal is even worse than other forms of generation, but that number is nothing to brag about. It’s like saying i did 15 push ups last year in response to the person who did their first set of 10 or whatever for the day.

Just to cut this off right here: you people are incredibly stupid. In this comment I’ve pointed out that coal is the worst form of power generation that we have (that i know of, anyway), just that it’s pointless to compare your solar panels to an inactive power plant. No where did i even imply any of this was good.

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You’re not very smart, are you?
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