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Article: United States: Los Angeles to phase out coal.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- July 10, 2009
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Byline: kusumv03
THE city of Los Angeles will stop using electricity generated in coal-fired power plants by 2020 and expand its use of renewable power instead, its newly re-elected mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says.
Coal-fired power mostly imported from outside of California - currently accounts for 40% of the energy consumed in Los Angeles. Villaraigosa says that all this power will be replaced by renewable projects to be delivered by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), with the rest coming from natural gas, nuclear, and large hydroelectric units. LADPW says that renewables will already account for 20% of the power it supplies by 2010. ...