Colorado will continue closing coal-fueled electric plants in 2025, all by 2031
Colorado is slowly phasing out the last of its coal-fueled electrical power plants, even though they still generated a third ...
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Georgia was about to retire coal plants. Then came the data centers.
Georgia was going to retire its coal plants, but then the data centers arrived. AI is pushing energy providers back to fossil fuels.
Georgia’s biggest power provider has released new energy plan. Here’s what’s in it.
Georgia’s utility giant, Georgia Power, released on Friday its latest plan to power 2.7 million homes and businesses through ...
The New York Times9d
Where Coal Is Retiring, and Hanging On, in the U.S.
One of the oldest power plants in the United States, perched on the edge of the nation’s largest coal mine, was slated to close in 2027. But the plant’s operator recently canceled the ...
Texas' largest coal plant is right outside Houston. Now the community wants it out.
Residents of Thompson, Texas in Fort Bend County are renewing calls to close a coal plant that is causing health concerns for ...
Missoulian3d
Vast quantities of coal-fired electricity will power secretive data centers in Montana
Two data centers in Montana, one of which is secretive and may be government-run, could use the same amount of electricity as ...
MPR News3d
How ‘virtual’ power plants could help Minnesota charge toward a clean energy future
As it gets more expensive and costly to build traditional power plants and electric distribution systems, so-called “virtual ...
POWER Magazine12d
Xcel Says Coal-Fired Texas Plant's Conversion to Natural Gas Nearly Complete
Harrington, whose three units have 1,018 MW of generation capacity, was Xcel’s first coal-fired power plant in Texas. It came online in 1976. The utility in 2020 made the decision to convert the ...
Coal plant closures can’t wait for nuclear power, warns AGL
Australia’s biggest power supplier says there is no way its coal plants can keep operating long enough for Peter Dutton to ...
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Coal emissions threaten India's food security
Coal emissions cut India's rice and wheat yields by 10%, threatening food security. Reducing pollution could boost crop ...