In regions that are “100% powered by renewable energy”, what happens to the traditional power plants?
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There are no sizeable regions outside Iceland with significant populations which achieve this claim. There are gas-fired peaking plants or separate industrial power plants.
Old power plants are often recycled, you can take out a coal boiler plant and use a new gas-fired plant to feed steam into the coal plant’s old turbines. Sometimes it’s worth it to move the turbine to a new location, so the old facility can be sold on the real estate market.
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