Saturday, November 23, 2019

Coal-fired plants may have to scale down utilisation to 35% by 2022: KPMG

“Even a scenario with 130 GW of renewables instead of the planned 175 GW by 2022 could result in plant load factor (PLF) dropping to 35-40 per cent for many coal plants,” KPMG said in a recent report. “Increased penetration of renewable energy in the electricity system will lead to duck curve effects, requiring flexible operation of conventional power plants.”

from Energy-Industry-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2KLSFT5

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