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U.S. Coal Outlook 2020: Market Trends Pushing Industry Ever Closer to a Reckoning

U.S. Coal Outlook 2020: Market Trends Pushing Industry Ever Closer to a Reckoning

Full Title: U.S. Coal Outlook 2020: Market Trends Pushing Industry Ever Closer to a Reckoning
Author(s): Dennis Wamsted, Seth Feaster, Karl Cates
Publisher(s): Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
Publication Date: March 31, 2020
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Description (excerpt):

The rapid transition under way in the U.S. electricity generation sector was on blunt display in February when renewable generation (wind, utility-scale solar and hydropower) produced more electricity for the month than coal. This winter-month result was unprecedented but will likely occur with greater frequency in the months ahead.

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