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How AI Is Breathing New Life into Aging Coal-Fired Power Assets

Aaron Larson — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:03:35 +0000

For years, some folks have considered coal-fired power plants relics of a bygone era, overshadowed by the rise of natural gas and renewables. Yet, in an unexpected twist, coal is finding its way back into the

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Research Group: U.S. Exits Coal by 2040 as Solar, Nuclear, Natural Gas Surge

Darrell Proctor — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:45:34 +0000

An energy research group said U.S. power generation capacity will be led by solar power in the short term, natural gas in the mid term, and nuclear power in the long term as coal-fired units continue to be retired.

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Successfully Closing a Power Plant? It’s All in the Details

Darrell Proctor — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:26:00 +0000

The retirement of older thermal power generation facilities, driven by a transition to cleaner forms of energy, has increased in recent years as utilities and other power generators mothball plants that are uneconomic or simply no longer needed.

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DOE Launches $100M Retrofit Program Targeting Coal Fleet Reliability

Sonal Patel — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:52:15 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) providing up to $100 million in federal backing for projects focused on restoring and modernizing the nation’s existing coal plant fleet. The Oct. 31–issued NOFO, administered by DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, […]

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Coal’s Revival: From Maintenance Mode to Market Necessity

Contributed Content — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:35:34 +0000

For more than a decade, the U.S. coal industry has been in decline — with waning investment, shrinking capacity, and the steady rise of gas and renewables. Yet, in 2025, a different story is emerging. Across the country, coal units once scheduled for quiet retirement are being called back into service in ways few anticipated—driven […]

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Denmark Group: Old Coal-Fired Plants Can Be Converted to Thermal Energy Storage Facilities

Darrell Proctor — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:17:58 +0000

Officials with Denmark-headquartered Aalborg CSP said the company has developed technology that could convert retired coal-fired power plants into thermal storage facilities for renewable energy.

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U.S. Energy M&A Trends: The Shift from Renewables to Fossil Fuels

Dan Phelan — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:38:12 +0000

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has redrawn the U.S. energy sector map. By scaling back clean energy tax credits and easing regulations on fossil fuels, the act has simultaneously cooled renewable investment and reignited traditional energy expansion. For dealmakers in the energy industry, this has created both headwinds and new openings, especially in […]

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FirstEnergy Plan Calls for New Gas-Fired Plant, Continued Coal-Fired Generation

Darrell Proctor — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:56:22 +0000

FirstEnergy Corp. has submitted a plan to build a new 1,200-MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant to serve customers in West Virginia. The company recently filed an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with state regulators that also calls for keeping two major coal-fired power plants in West Virginia operating at least through the next decade.

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India Invests in More Coal-Fired Power to Support Increased Need for Electricity

Darrell Proctor — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:50:26 +0000

Regional areas of India are withdrawing incentives for renewable energy projects and instead signing long-term contracts to buy more coal-fired power generation.

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Duke Energy Plan Includes New Gas-Fired Plants, Nuclear Additions, Delayed Coal Retirements

Darrell Proctor — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:59:35 +0000

Duke Energy announced plans to build more natural gas-fired generation capacity and look at nuclear power in order to meet the increased demand for power in its Carolinas service territory. The utility also said it will delay the retirement of some coal-fired facilities as it seeks to increase the supply of electricity for data centers and manufacturing plants.

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