[Ayoob_Reloaded]

All these are meant for the United States.

1. How many coal-fired electricity plants are there today?
1a. How many coal-fired electricity plants are planned for construction? I think I remember reading 92 somewhere, but can't remember where I got that from.

2. How many natural gas-fired electricity plants are there?
2a. How many are planned for construction?

3. How many oil-fired electricity plants are there?
2b. How many are planned for construction?

Or, if you have an answer in terms of megawatts of production, that works. But, I'm really curious about the future construction of plants.

[Guest]

coal/gas/oil

Coal - not 'that much' due to he EPA emission issues annd 'cheap gas' With the new 'clean skies' crap from congress and the Prez signed, there will be more coal. Nevermind the increased CO2 or extra radioactivity....Americans need to power the 52+ inch plasma TV's.
Gas - many of these in existance due to emissions and 'cheap gas' . And Gas powered plants can spin up quickly to cover more load demand, hence the popularity.
Oil - Ha! Oil is more useful as tires, happy meal plastic, gas, heating, diesel.

[marek]

The U.S. coal use for electric power generation is as follows:

985.8 million short tons in 2000; 964.4 in 2001; 977.5 in 2002; 1000.6 in 2003

total use 1084.1 in 2000; 1060.1 in 2001; 1066.4 in 2002; 1090.5 in 2003

Source: EIA

The U.S. generates about 33% of its electricity using coal. For many countries, the percentages are much higher. For example, Poland (an EU member) gets over 90% of its electricity from coal.

The number of electrical generators in the U.S. by energy source:

coal 1535 (capacity 313019 MW)
petroleum 1321 (36429 MW)
natural gas 3069 (208447 MW)
dual fired 3056 (171295 MW)
other gases 105 (1994 MW)
nuclear 104 (99209 MW)
hydro 4145 (99216 MW)
other renewable 1582 (18199 MW)
other 39 (638 MW)

Source: EIA

[MonteQuest]

All these are meant for the United States.

1. How many coal-fired electricity plants are there today?
1a. How many coal-fired electricity plants are planned for construction? I think I remember reading 92 somewhere, but can't remember where I got that from.

2. How many natural gas-fired electricity plants are there?
2a. How many are planned for construction?

3. How many oil-fired electricity plants are there?
2b. How many are planned for construction?

Or, if you have an answer in terms of megawatts of production, that works. But, I'm really curious about the future construction of plants.

Look at my fourth post in the thread.
http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic4167.html

[Ayoob_Reloaded]

Thanks, guys. Got it.