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Arizona Co-op Leader to Congress: Coal Is Crucial Part of the Energy Mix - NRECA
NRECA

As demand for electricity grows, a variety of energy sources—including coal—are crucial, an Arizona electric co-op leader told a House panel.

Thousands of West Virginia mining jobs at risk as overseas coal demand drops - WCHS
WCHS

Coal industry officials said more than a thousand miners' jobs are at risk this summer as demand for West Virginia's steel-making coal tanks ...

Years-old coal seam fire breaches ground behind White Hall, West Virginia, business
WV News

WHITE HALL, W.Va. (WV News) — A coal seam fire that officials said has been raging for years recently broke through the ground in White Hall, ...

Grid operator warns coal shutdowns could prolong blackouts - AFR
AFR

... coal-fired power plants. The warning from the Australian Energy Market Operator comes just months after a major blackout on the Iberian peninsula ...

China's Coal Market in Tentative Recovery as Temperatures Soar - Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News

The Chinese coal market has begun its seasonal rebound with a tentative increase in prices as the summer heat arrives in earnest.

West Virginia awarded $140.7 million for abandoned coal mine restoration - Yahoo
Yahoo

The U.S. Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement have announced that $140.7 million in fiscal year 2025 ...

Electricity demand in the Eastern United States surged from heat wave - U.S. Energy ... - EIA
EIA

... coal, and 4% from renewable sources including wind, batteries, and solar. The last remaining coal-fired plant in the region, the Merrimack ...

Roughly 700 people are being laid off from mining related jobs in W.Va. this summer
WVVA

WEST VIRGINIA (WVVA) - Roughly 700 people who work in coal mines and in coal related operations have lost or are losing their jobs this summer.

As Trump embraces 'beautiful' coal, Europe bids adieu - E&E News by POLITICO
E&E News

Ireland is the latest European nation to stop using coal for electricity generation as the region adopts renewables to meet climate mandates.

Weaker Coal Prices Weigh on Asian Coal Producer Credit Profiles - Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings

Fitch assumes that thermal coal prices will decline further in 2H25. Demand prospects appear relatively weak, particularly in the key export markets ...

We Energies will delay Oak Creek coal plant retirement by one year to 2026 - WPR
WPR

... coal-fired electrical power stations. Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch. We Energies will keep two aging coal-fired units running at its Oak Creek ...

TVA knocks down coal plant for nuclear - Canary Media
Canary Media

NUCLEAR. The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to implode two stacks and another structure at its coal-fired Bull Run Fossil Plant in Tennessee to make ...

Republicans move to revive Trump's 'beautiful clean coal industry' after Biden shut it down
MSN

Republicans move to revive Trump's 'beautiful clean coal industry' after Biden shut it down ... EXCLUSIVE: The House Energy and Commerce Committee is ...

Fueling the divide: Coal's grip on the Navajo Nation
Navajo Times

The 25th Navajo Nation Council gathered input on the federal Executive Order 14241, “Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry.

Eaton Transforms Retired TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant into Critical Grid Reliability Asset
American Public Power Association

... coal plants reach the end of their operating lifecycles. Synchronous condensers help balance grid inertia by replacing decommissioned power ...

Wisconsin utility extends coal plant - Canary Media
Canary Media

... coal plant, saying the agency failed to show an energy emergency exists. (Utility Dive). SOLAR. Ohio regulators approve plans for a 120 MW solar ...

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