Cheap gas pushed coal off US grid, researchers confirm

Madeleine Cuff
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Long-awaited federal research paper calls for more support for new coal power, despite data revealing cheap gas rather than regulatory action has sparked its demise

A long-awaited US federal research report into the stability of the American power grid has called for more incentives for coal and nuclear generation, despite conceding that regulatory measures were not...

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