Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Coal Is on the Way Out at Electric Utilities, No Matter What Trump Says - NYTimes.com

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/business/dealbook/coal-utilities-regulation-trump.html

4 comments:

David in Cal said...

Coal may be on the way out for US utilities, but US-mined coal is being purchased by China for theirs.
China has sent a flotilla of North Korean freighters loaded with coking coal back to their home ports, according to an exclusive Reuters report. Meanwhile, China has placed massive orders for the steel-making commodity from U.S. producers.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/11/china-rejects-north-korean-coal-shipments-opts-for-us-supplies-instead.html

David Appell said...

Your comment almost sounds like using more coal is a good thing....

Layzej said...

Some good news on that front: "Coal consumption in China likely peaked in 2013, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Moreover, global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions have stayed nearly flat since 2013, due in large part to China’s decreasing reliance on coal. 2015 was the first time China’s CO2 emissions decreased in the last 15 years, while renewable energy capacity has increased significantly over the past three years." - http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/01/china%E2%80%99s-decline-coal-consumption-drives-global-slowdown-emissions

Layzej said...

You wouldn't expect a museum dedicated to the coal industry to run on anything other than coal -- but a mining museum in Kentucky is soon to be solar powered.

The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum in Benham, owned by Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, is switching to solar power to save money. The museum, which memorializes Kentucky's history in coal mining, is modernizing with a new form of cheaper energy. -
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/us/coal-museum-goes-solar-trnd/