Characterizing the U.S. industrial base for coal-powered electricity /

Coal-fired generating units provide approximately 46 percent of the electricity generated in the United States, yet most of the existing coalfired electricity-generating fleet is 25-45 years old. Deploying new coal-fired electricity-generating units (EGUs) and maintenance of the existing fleet requi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program), National Energy Technology Laboratory (U.S.), JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Samaras, Constantine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.
Series:	Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG1147.
Subjects:	Coal-fired power plants > United States. Electric power production > United States. Energy development > United States. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Electrical. SCIENCE > Energy. Coal-fired power plants. Electric power production. Energy development. United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Preface.
Figures.
Tables.
Summary.
Acknowledgments.
Abbreviations.
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: The role of coal-fired power in the U.S. electricity sector.
Chapter 3: Coal-fired power plant designs, systems, and components.
Chapter 4: Market structure.
Chapter 5: Workforce.
Chapter 6: Observations and remaining questions.
Appendixes.
References.