According to a recent Power Engineering news article, a total of 60 GW (60,000 MW or approximately the equivalent of 120 advanced F or H class (50 Hz) 1×1 gas turbine combined cycle power plants) of coal-fired generation is expected to retire by 2020, a number beyond that previously reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). At the end of 2012, there were 1,308 coal-fired generating units in the U.S. totaling 310 GW of capacity. In 2012 alone, there were ～10 GW of coal capacity retired (～ 3 percent of the 2011 total). Units that retired in 2010-2012 were small, with an average size of 97 MW, compared to those retiring over the next 10 years, which are an average of 145 MW.
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