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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Can We Replace U.S. Coal Power with Clean Energy?

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:32 AM PDT
Coal electric power generation is under enormous regulatory pressure to substantially reduce stack emissions including carbon dioxide. Congress is developing new clean energy standards that will further impact existing and future coal power economics. As a result, most new coal power plant projects are being cancelled and many existing coal power plants are projected to shutdown prematurely.

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