Heat Rate Improvements Can Be Challenging for Coal-Fired Plants Under Clean Power Plan
Breaking Energy 2014-10-09
Summary:
In proposing the wide-reaching Clean Power Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has laid out four key “building blocks” that states can use to develop their implementation plans. One of those buildings blocks focuses on improving the heat rate – that is, fuel efficiency – of coal-fired power plants. Utility executives from across the