As Extreme Weather Forces Coal to Falter, Where Will Resilience Come From
Greentech Media | March 07, 2019
January’s polar vortex renewed Trump administration calls to subsidize uneconomic coal-fired generation to improve grid resilience through on-hand fuel supplies, but reality is disproving this contention — coal is increasingly a grid liability during extreme weather. From bitter cold in North America to historic heatwaves in Australia, coal — and on-hand fuel security simply won’t provide the grid resilience federal officials claim direct subsidies would provide. And as global warming intensifies extreme weather, this problem will only worsen.