Greater future role for coal-fired generators versus gas turbines

摘要

In the future,the role of coal-fired generators will be greater and gas turbines less,according to a new report - World Fossil Fired Power Individual Country Capacity Forecasts - published by the Mcllvaine Company.The report predicts that US coal-fired capacity will grow faster than predicted by the Energy Information Administration (EIA),a division of the US Department of Energy (DOE).According to the report,the present capacity of 329 GW will expand to 356 GW by 2012.