"Coal Power Shows Zero Growth in 2014, Report Shows"

"Natural gas and solar are the winners so far in 2014 in the race to move electric power generation away from coal, a new U.S. Energy Information Administration report shows. As utilities across the U.S. have added new electric power generating capacity, most of that added capacity has come from natural gas and solar. No new coal power-generating capacity has been added yet in 2014, though two small plants are expected to open this year in North Dakota and Mississippi.

The last year in which there were no additions to coal power generating capacity in the U.S. was 1998, according to EIA data."

Bobby Magill reports for Climate Central September 15, 2014.

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