New England says goodbye to coal as Merrimack Station powers down

The towering smokestacks of New England’s last coal-fired power plant have gone quiet. Merrimack Station in Bow, New ...
WGBH

New England's last coal plant has stopped operating, according to its owners

The last coal-fired power plant in New England, Merrimack Station, has stopped running. Granite Shore Power, the company that owns the coal plant in Bow, New Hampshire, said they ceased commercial ...
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New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule

Even as the federal government attempts to prop up the waning coal industry, New England’s last coal-fired power plant has ceased operations three years ahead of its planned retirement date. The ...
Power Engineering

Vistra completes acquisition of seven gas plants totaling 2,600 MW

Vistra completed the acquisition of seven natural gas generation facilities from Lotus Infrastructure Partners for $1.9 ...

Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were furloughed

As soon as the 2018-2019 shutdown began, coal-fired power plants started emitting more particulate matter pollution. And when ...

Former Montaup power plant could be site of battery storage in Somerset worth $50M a year

Somerset residents learned about a proposal for putting a large-scale battery storage system at the former Montaup Electric ...
U.S. News & World Report

Most Coal-Fired Power Plants Will Delay Retirement to Feed AI Boom, Energy Secretary Says

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump expects most of the nation's coal-fired power plants to delay retirement to help deliver the vast amount of electricity needed to ...