“Wind and solar can’t scale up fast enough to offset the loss of coal and nuclear power. And if federal and state subsidies to renewables should go away, the attractiveness of wind and solar investments is likely to diminish quickly.”
Most wanted fuel: Why coal needs to keep burning
OPEC wants US to abandon coal
OPEC wants to return to the 1970s when the US economy was its mercy. OPEC realizes that the gas prices would dramatically rise if the US switched from oil to gas.
Source: CNBC
Germany to burn even more coal through 2030 despite planned 2038 exit
Germany’s shuttering of the last of its nuclear power plants by 2022 could force the country to use 16% more coal power through 2030. Germany recently announced it would exit coal by 2038. Right.
Source: CleanEnergyWire.org
Kentucky Residents Rally to try and Save TVA Coal-Fired Plant
“Residents in western Kentucky want to keep the last coal-fired power plant situated at a Tennessee Valley Authority generation station. Hundreds rallied over the weekend to try and save the coal-fired unit at the Paradise Fossil Plant…”
Source: Power-Eng.com
First U.S. Coal Plant in Years Opens
Why cheap electricity doesn’t necessarily result in lower bills
The main reason is subsidies for wind and solar construction.
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India wants even more coal to beat the summer heat
Reality Check for the Green New Deal
The Midwest is right now running on 76% fossil fuels (two-thirds of that is coal) and 16% nukes. How would Ocrazio-Cortez’s Green New Deal replace 92% of today’s electricity generation?
Source: MISO