Merrimack Station, which is New England’s last running coal plant, will stop operating in 2028.brought by the Conservation Law Foundation and the Sierra Club. Granite Shore Power will commit to shutting down coal-fired generators at the Schiller Station in Portsmouth by 2025. Currently, that plant has the capability to burn coal but hasn’t used its coal-fired generation since 2020.
Merrimack Station is expected to host about 100 megawatts of solar, along with more battery storage. As of 2023, New Hampshire has about For Tom Irwin, a Vice President at the Conservation Law Foundation, the company’s commitment to stop burning coal symbolized a win for advocates. He said the settlement agreement was a result of “hard-fought litigation.”
“It remained a very significant health risk,” she said. “The largest single source of pollution in New Hampshire is going away. That's a real accomplishment for public health and for kids that have asthma and parents who have kids who have asthma.”many other