Wind, Coal, Gas Projects Compete With Future Carbon Constraints

摘要

The announcement from Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative (SWE) that it is dropping plans for a 250-MW, coal-fired power plant near Great Falls sums up how the wind is shifting in the US. Rising costs for the Highwood Generation Station and the uphill environmental battle common to any US coal project finally exhausted the umbrella cooperative serving more than 120,000 Montanans.