Coal Projected To Exit US Electricity By 2033. Trump Might Have Killed It.
In 2019, the Navajo Generating Station closed. Decades earlier, it was blamed for hazing up the views of the Grand … [continued]
Navajo Generating Station
One Year After Navajo Generating Station Stopped Burning Coal: A Progress Report
A year after the last coal was burned at the Navajo Generating Station, Navajo Equitable Economy has issued a report card on how the transition away from coal is going. It’s not good news.
Navajo Coal Plant Powers Down
The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant, has closed its doors for good. It was run for 45 years in Arizona and was the largest coal plant in the West. Its closure will most likely affect the entire region. USA Today reports that the mine that supplied the plant with coal has also closed — it closed back in August.
Navajo Nation Embraces Renewable Energy As Era Of Coal Power Comes To An End
In a proclamation known as Navajo Sunrise, the Navajo Nation has dedicated itself to a zero emissions future powered by rooftop and grid scale solar installations.
Wind Turbines Don’t Cause Cancer, But They Are Absolutely Killing Coal
Wind turbines are sprouting all over the US landscape like mushrooms after a rain, and there is nothing the Commander-in-Chief can do about it.
Navajo Coal Company Drops Bid To Buy Navajo Generating Station & Kayenta Coal Mine As…
On Thursday, March 21, the Naa’bik’iyati’ Committee (Committee of the Whole) of the Navajo Council voted down a resolution to support Navajo Transitional Energy Co.’s proposal to buy and operate Navajo Generating Station and Peabody Energy’s Kayenta coal mine, which supplies the power plant with fuel. The 11–9 defeat of the resolution led today to an announcement by NTEC that it was dropping its bid to buy the plant and mine.
Shift In Navajo Country As Coal Plant That Navajo Community Doesn’t Want Is Dropped
“Now that Middle River Power has withdrawn its intention to purchase the Navajo Generating Station, all attention should now be directed toward developing new economic opportunities that will support the plant workers, the mine workers, and the Tribes that had grown overly dependent on coal revenue,” said Percy Deal, local Navajo Nation resident.
Navajo Group Travels To NYC To Protest Private Equity Firm Takeover Of Largest Coal Plant…
CleanTechnica received the following email press release from Refugio Mata yesterday morning. In the afternoon, I had the fortune of speaking to Nicole Horseherder, Executive Director of the Navajo environmental group To Nizhoni Ani. Nicole says the coal plant they are protesting has led to air and water pollution as well as health consequences for her neighbors.
New PPA In Arizona Locks In Lowest Solar Prices In US As Demise Of Navajo…
A power purchase agreement signed June 7 in Arizona locks in the lowest solar energy prices yet in the US. The agreement is part of the plan to decommission the enormous Navajo Generating Station.
Trump Admin. Desperate To Keep Coal Power Plant Alive With Taxpayer Dollars
The Navajo Generating Station in Arizona is no longer financially viable. The utility companies that own it have voted to shut it down. But the Trump administration wants to commit up to $2 billion in subsidies to keep it open — and please large campaign contributors.
