An aging coal power plant that was supposed to shutter last week will run throughout the summer at the order of President Donald Trump’s Energy Sec. Chris Wright, a decision that could cost Midwest ...
Six decades after it began, coal-fired electricity is officially gone from New England following the shut-down of Merrimack Station in Bow, the region’s last power plant of its kind. Merrimack Station ...
The coal-fired Colstrip Generating Station is seen behind kids playing baseball on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Colstrip, Montana. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA ...
Coal-fired electric power has been like the Incredible Shrinking Man of 21 st century energy in the United States. Low-cost natural gas burned in modern combined cycles, inexpensive and subsidized ...
A plume of vapor billows from the coal-fired Merrimack Station in Bow. As Trump boosts coal, the owner says plans haven’t changed for the plant. Credit: AP file As the Trump administration goes all-in ...