posts tagged as coal-fired power plants

Electricity Demand Up, But Coal Retirements Increasing

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. electricity generation in 2018 is on pace to reach the highest level since before...

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India Gets Closer to Electrification, but Many Still Without Power

India is getting closer to Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s goal of electrifying every village, but many villagers are still without power. The...

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Is Coal in China Dead?

Coal is still supplying 62 percent of China’s energy needs, according to 2016 data in BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy, compared...

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The Wind Lobby’s Preemptive Strike on the Perry Grid Study

In an April 14 memo circulated through the Department of Energy, Secretary Rick Perry ordered a 60-day DOE study of the electric...

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Ontario Achieves Minimal Emission Reductions From Closing Coal Plants

The Province of Ontario, Canada decided to shutter its coal plants in order to reduce criteria pollutants.[i] According to the Fraser Institute,...

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As U.S. Shutters Coal Plants, China and Japan are Building Them

China and Japan have plans to build massive amounts of coal-fired power plants, while the United States is not only not building...

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