U.S. Coal-Fired Plants See Decline in Maintenance Turnarounds
U.S. Coal-Fired Plants See Decline in Maintenance Turnarounds
Attachment: Coal Outages 2017
SUGAR LAND--September 28, 2017--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Maintenance projects at coal-fired power plants in the U.S. have declined over the past few years, according to the Industrial Info's outage database, as unit run-time hours have dropped off. This trend is likely to continue. Maintenance personnel and subcontractors typically look at all major components of a unit, including the boiler, generator, balance-of-plant equipment and operational systems, when the unit is offline.
Within this article: Details on why coal-fired power plants in the U.S. are seeing fewer maintenance turnarounds, including market factors and issues with load growth.
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