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wumpus
on April 9, 2020
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Nearly half of global coal plants will be unprofit...
Most peaker plants are natural gas these days. Coal plants tend to take a lot longer to start. Regardless of that, from a climate change point of view, a plant that runs for a small amount of time once per 5 years is not that significant.
bluGill
on April 10, 2020
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True, but base load plants are needed in reserve as well.
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