ANALYSIS SHOWS COAL PLANTS PROFITABLE DESPITE ENVIRONMENTAL RULES

December 2, 2004
A new analysis by an international consulting firm finds that future environmental requirements -- including many possible policies for curbing greenhouse gases -- are unlikely to erode the competitiveness of most coal-fired power plants and could even make many facilities more competitive as they install pollution controls. "The value of efficient large coal-fired power plants can actually increase rather than decrease with stringent environmental control programs," says an executive summary provided to Inside Washington Publishers by Cambridge Energy Research Associates...


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