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Nationwide, #electricity_generation from coal falls while natural gas rises

Nationwide, electricity generation from coal falls while natural gas rises The monthly natural gas share of total U.S. electricity generation surpassed the coal share in July for the second time ever, with natural gas fueling 35.0% of total generation to coal’s 34.9% share. Compared to the previous July, coal-fired generation fell in every region of … Continue reading Nationwide, #electricity_generation from coal falls while natural gas rises

Clean Energy? Coal Burned with Oat Hulls Reduces CO2 Emissions

Clean Energy? Coal Burned with Oat Hulls Reduces CO2 Emissions In the work to find cleaner energy, scientists recently determined that burning oat hulls with coal in a coal-burning power plant significantly reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and particulate material, according to a release. For this, researchers from the University of Iowa looked at the … Continue reading Clean Energy? Coal Burned with Oat Hulls Reduces CO2 Emissions

US EIA: short-term US electricity generation, consumption and prices

According to forecasts from the US Energy Information Agency (EIA), electricity generated from coal in 2015 will see a decline of 8.2% compared to 2014, yet natural gas generation is set to rise by 14.5%. For 2016 however, the EIA projects coal generation will see a small increase of 1.4% and natural gas generation will … Continue reading US EIA: short-term US electricity generation, consumption and prices

Another #Clean_Coal Power Project on the Brink of Failure

Another Clean Coal Power Project on the Brink of Failure Kemper County Mississippi is both one of the poorest places in America, and home to one of the most expensive power plants ever built, Mississippi Power’s 582 megawatt clean coal power plant with carbon capture. For Southern Company, owner of Mississippi Power, the federal government … Continue reading Another #Clean_Coal Power Project on the Brink of Failure

This #Ohio utility has an innovative plan to save coal power: force customers to buy it #FE

This Ohio utility has an innovative plan to save coal power: force customers to buy it A power utility in Ohio is attempting to shaft its own customers in a manner so shameless as to defy description. Yet describe it we must, for it represents everything backwards and perverse in the electricity sector and reveals … Continue reading This #Ohio utility has an innovative plan to save coal power: force customers to buy it #FE