Energy and Environment

Can coal compete?

By Josh Siegel
Published February 8, 2019 5:00am ET
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Can coal compete?
There are no new coal plants under construction or planned in the United States today, as utilities instead look to natural gas, wind, and solar. But that could change if natural gas prices rise significantly, the Trump administration argues. Steven Winberg, the Energy Department’s assistant secretary for fossil energy, told the Washington Examiner that coal […]

There are no new coal plants under construction or planned in the United States today, as utilities instead look to natural gas, wind, and solar.

But that could change if natural gas prices rise significantly, the Trump administration argues.

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