It's going to take a lot of NRG, but plethora of coal plants eyed

摘要

NRG Energy provided more details on its plan to develop approximately 10,500 megawatts of new generation capacity that will include construction of coal-fired power or expansion of coal-fired capacity at existing facilities in Texas as well as the Northeast and South Central regions of the country. The repowering initiative, which will be funded with the support of partners and project finance debt, would represent a total investment of 16 billion dollars. The plan would enhance NRG's dispatch mix with almost 8,000 megawatts of new baseload capacity - including 2,700 megawatts of nuclear. Here is a glance at the plans for each region: The state's demand growth is among the strongest in the nation and requires new plant construction to ensure reliability of service in the region, NRG said. NRG's repowering plan includes adding 3,500 megawatts of new baseload capacity using both coal and nuclear fuel, as well as 500 megawatts of gas-fired peaking capacity.