Coal-fired power still dominates the energy supply globally including China. C2N presents a novel strategy for energy transition. This strategy has the potential to lower down the construction costs of nuclear power plants, promote the development of advanced nuclear systems, and ensure energy equity for phasing out the whole coal power industry. As such, C2N…
This paper critically examines the prospects for repowering coal-fired power plants with nuclear energy in China, demonstrating the substantial challenges repowering faces within the broader coal-electricity regime.
This comprehensive research article analyzes the feasibility and challenges of transitioning coal-fired power plants to nuclear energy in Poland. It encompasses technical, regulatory, environmental, and economic assessments while addressing site-specific factors vital for coal repowering with advanced nuclear technologies.
In this study, two types of SMRs were investigated: high-temperature gas reactors (HTGRs) and pressurized water reactors (PWRs). An analysis of necessary regulatory and legislative changes in South Korea’s nuclear framework is presented, identifying several key regulatory issues for repowering coal with nuclear energy.
The study included an analysis of hydrological conditions from 2010 to 2023 at selected locations, which determined the potential for siting high-power nuclear reactors. An analytical model was used to calculate the required water intake for cooling, and the results were compared with actual river flow measurements.
This 2024 study, published in Energies and led by Bixiong Luo et al., evaluates the economic feasibility of repowering existing coal-fired power plants with high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) — a promising approach within the coal-to-nuclear (C2N) transition.
This article presents the results of a techno-economic analysis of repowering a coal-fired power plant’s steam turbine system to instead accept heat produced by a pressurized water reactor-type small modular nuclear system
This paper presents the results of a techno-economic analysis of three repowering cases of a 460 MW supercritical coal-fired unit in Poland.
A three-stage strategy to explore the potential of repowering coal power by nuclear energy in China is proposed. Namely, coastal plants followed by inland plants close to the coast and finally inland plants.
This study assesses the future of the coal power sector by evaluating the full spectrum of retrofit decarbonization options (e.g. carbon capture, fuel conversion and replacing coal boilers with new low-carbon energy sources)
