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Solar-plus-storage replaces coal plant in New Mexico, makes carbon-capture retrofit moot

October 19, 2020/

Solar power

The utility is planning on replacing the San Juan coal-fired station’s 847 MW of capacity with 650 MW of solar generation and 300 MW/1,200 MWh of accompanying energy storage. The new plan all but kills a proposal from San Juan’s owner and the City of Farmington to add a carbon-capture retrofit to the station.

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