The phrase "aging plant" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a plant that is growing older or has been in operation for a long time, often in the context of industrial facilities or botanical discussions.
Example: "The aging plant struggled to keep up with modern production standards, leading to increased maintenance costs."
Alternatives: "mature plant" or "old plant".
In November, it was the Carbon Power Plant in Utah: "it would be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new federal standards on mercury emissions," and eight plants in the TVA system.
But Rocky Mountain Power, the utility that operates the plant, has determined that it would be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new federal standards on mercury emissions.
Other challenges include the successful conversion of aging plant membrane populations such as hollow fine fiber (HFF) into the latest state of art spiral wound (SW) technology for the production of high quality potable water from seawater.
While the company has skimped on infrastructure upgrades at it's aging plant, a report from the campaign finance watchdog Common Cause NY last month found that Entergy has spent approximately $40 million on lobbying and campaign contributions on a state and federal level since 2005 as its reactor licenses at Indian Point neared expiration.
The uproar that followed rekindled environmental groups' hopes of shutting down the aging plant.
Opel, which operates under the Vauxhall brand in Britain, is expected to close an aging plant in Bochum, Germany, after 2016.
Aging plants are emitting radioactivity into communities.
Repowering would involve the refitting of the aging plants to produce more power and less air pollution.
Such extensions are also part of a global trend in which aging plants have been granted longer lives.
Germany will close seven aging plants ahead of schedule, and Italy has extended indefinitely a moratorium on building plants.
The flood of cheap natural gas and slowing demand for electricity have driven down power prices, making it difficult for the aging plants to compete in wholesale markets.
