Dates announced for final coal-fired plants in New Hampshire to close

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AND FIND A NEW FUTURE FOR THE SITES. OUR ROSS KETSCHKE HAS THE STORY FROM BOW. <THE OWNER OF MERRIMACK STATION IS CLOSING THE CHAPTER ON FOSSIL FUELS. INSTEAD - THEY PLAN TO TRANSFORM THIS SPACE AND ANOTHER COAL FIRED POWER PLANT INTO A HUB FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY. > MERRIMACK AND SCHILLER STATIONS HAVE MOSTLY REMAINED QUIET IN RECENT YEARS. BOTH COAL-FIRED PLANTS WERE ONCE THE CORNER STONE OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. BUT NOW ARE ONLY CALLED ON WHEN DEMAND REACHES ITS PEAK DURING EXTREME TEMPERATURES. <15;41;43;03 "THESE PLANTS HAVE BEEN SORT OF VITAL RESOURCES FOR SEVERAL YEARS, PROVIDING, AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID, POWER ON THE WARMEST DAYS AND COLDEST NIGHTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE."."> JAMES ANDREWS IS C- E-O OF GRANITE SHORES POWER. THE COMPANY - AGREEING TO VOLUNTARILY RETIRE BOTH SITES AND FORGE A NEW FUTURE... MERRIMACK'S NEARLY- 400 ACRES WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A CLEAN ENERGY CENTER... WHILE SCHILLER IS CONVERTED INTO A LARGE-SCALE BATTERY CENTER TO STORE POWER GENERATED IN GROWING OFF-SHORE WIND PROJECTS. <15;43;00;06 JAMES ANDREWS, GRANITE SHORE POWER CEO "IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THESE FACILITIES AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED IN TERMS OF THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BEING SITES THAT ARE GOING TO CONSTANTLY EVOLVE AND BRING VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD."> ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS - APPLAUDING THE MOVE... TELLING NEWS 9 THE CLOSURE OF THE LAST REMAINING COAL PLANTS IN NEW ENGLAND SIGNALS A NEW ERA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. <00;00;56;18 "COAL FIRED POWER IS THE DIRTIEST FORM OF ENERGY WE HAVE. IF WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS, WE REALLY NEED TO GET OFF THE DIRTIEST FORMS OF ENERGY."> SCHILLER WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE NEXT YEAR...