Energy From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch 3:06 PM 08/14/2017 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee said he would look for ways to “properly compensate” coal plants for providing reliable electricity during his time as a top energy regulator. “These are essential to national security. And to that end, I believe baseload power…
Guest post by David Middleton Over the past 10 months or so, articles like this have been a “dime-a-dozen”… ENERGY TRANSITIONS Coal plants keep closing on Trump’s watch Benjamin Storrow, E&E News reporter Climatewire: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 […] In the next four years, utilities have plans to close 40 coal units, federal figures show.…
Guest post by David Middleton Politics and Energy Coal Is Number One STEPHEN MOORE July 28, 2017, 12:05 am Before Donald Trump came along, it was left for dead. Quick: what was the number one source of electricity production in the U.S. during the first half of 2017? If you answered renewable energy, you are…
Guest post by David Middleton If President Obama was the “war on coal,” President Trump might just be the post-war “Marshall Plan”… U.S. Coal Finds Footing In European Markets By Oil & Gas 360 – Jul 22, 2017 A report by the EIA indicated that coal exports—for both steam coal, used for power generation, and metallurgical coal,…
Submitted by Larry Hamlin A recent EIA report on energy production shows that wind and solar despite receiving tens of billions in government subsidies provided only 3.2% of U.S. energy in year 2016. The EIA energy data shows that fossil, nuclear and hydro provided more than 90% of 2016 U.S. energy production with rising petroleum…
From the NYT 1,600 new coal-fired power plants are planned or under construction in 62 countries. When China halted plans for more than 100 new coal-fired power plants this year, even as President Trump vowed to “bring back coal” in America, the contrast seemed to confirm Beijing’s new role as a leader in the fight…
Guest post by David Middleton From Inverse via Real Clear Energy: The Answer to What’s Actually Killing Coal is Hopeful and Depressing The real cause of the decline of coal is the free market. By Dyani Sabin on June 20, 2017 Filed Under Answers, Donald Trump, Jobs, R&B & Solar Energy As has been reported…
