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Coal Loses More Ground To Gas In PJM, Nation's Largest Grid Operator

In what could be a sign of bigger changes happening in the power sector, coal fell to 14 percent of PJM’s power in the first five months of this year.

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Wind, Solar Pushed Renewables Past Coal For Electricity Last Year

Renewables overtook nuclear in 2021 and coal last year, accounting for about 21 percent of the country’s electricity.

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Joe Manchin, Bill Gates Visit Old Coal Plant That Could Go Nuclear

They visited the site of the Kanawha River Plant, an Appalachian Power facility that operated from 1953 until 2015.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate,

As Nuclear Ban Ends In State, Capito Pushes For Build-Out

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the senior Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, asked a panel of experts Wednesday about building out nuclear power.

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