Healthy Spending Expected at Coal-Fired Power Plants During 2009, an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, TX, Aug 05 (MARKET WIRE) --
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Over the
past several years, multiple power producers have announced plans to move
forward with construction of a plethora of coal-fired generating units.
At the peak of activity, well over 200 new coal-fired generating units
were announced. Coal-fired power plants continue to generate a great deal
of the energy consumed in North America, especially in the United States,
and according to long-range projections, this is not expected to change
in the near future. In fact, coal supplies approximately 49% of the
electricity generated in the United States. The Department of Energy
estimates that by 2030, our dependency on coal will increase to a point
that 54% of our electricity will be supplied by this fuel source.
Regardless of how much new coal-fired generation moves forward, we must
not overlook the fact that capital and maintenance spending in existing
plants remains strong.

Industrial Info's North America Coal-Fired Power Generating Plants Wall
Map - 7th Edition identifies company names, plant locations, number of
units, capacities, as well as capital and maintenance spending plans of
more than 600 coal-fired generating plants in North America (U.S., Canada
and Mexico), including industrial plants with coal-fired cogeneration
capacity. Charts analyze state ranking by design capacity and coal-fired
generating capacity unit addition development.

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