Could the U.S. Retire Most of Its Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2040?

One of the most asked (and most important) questions in energy has no simple answer: What’s the future of coal-fired power in the United States?

On one hand, recent history hasn’t been very favorable to coal. A little over a decade ago, coal-fired power plants produced more than half of the electricity in the United States. An unprecedented rate of plant retirements cut that share to just 30.1% in 2017.

By Maxx Chatsko, Motley Fool

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