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The world’s only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming

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It’s being constructed near the retiring coal-fired Naughton power plant and is the world’s only coal-to-nuclear project under development. TerraPower, which will employ between 200 and 250 people at the Natrium facility, wants to hire the 110 former coal workers to tap into their transferrable skills. Get started here.

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Top US coal producer Wyoming just approved a $1.2B solar farm

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Cowboy Solar will be a massive bump in renewables for a state that’s produced more coal than any other state since 1986. To make sure you find a trusted, reliable solar installer near you that offers competitive pricing, check out EnergySage , a free service that makes it easy for you to go solar. Read more: Wyoming is the No.

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Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be

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Nevada utility NV Energy’s largest battery energy storage system sits on a former coal-fired power plant site and will save customers a lot of money. The new BESS is on the site of the former 557-megawatt (MW) coal-fired Reid Gardner Generating Station, which was demolished in 2019. Energy Vault will maintain the system.

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In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

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Photo: Hornsea Project Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. Interestingly, Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels wasn’t just about swapping coal and gas for wind and solar. Coal and gas are on their way out, and renewables are stepping up.

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EIA: US LNG exports will fall 6% from 1H 2022 to 2H 2022 following Freeport outage

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We expect lower US natural gas prices for the rest of 2022 than we had previously forecast, but lower prices in 2022 led us to reduce our expectations for natural gas production. EIA forecasts the US Henry Hub spot price will average $5.97 EIA forecasts the US Henry Hub spot price will average $5.97

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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% The report also highlighted supply disruptions as one of the major energy events of the year. Prices increased in all regions.

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Renewables provided almost 30% of US electrical generation in March

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Electrical generation provided by solar and wind combined (17.1%) surpassed that of coal (15.2%) during Q1 2024 and nearly doubled coal’s share in March alone (20.8% Electrical generation by all renewables – solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, and geothermal – grew by 3.7% in Q1 2024 year-over-year and provided 24.7% of total generation.