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Spark and Dark Spreads Indicate Improved Profitability of Natural Gas, Coal Power Plants
Higher average daily wholesale electricity prices between January and November 2025 may be improving the operational competitiveness of some natural gas- and coal-fired generators in the PJM Interconnection compared with the same period in 2024.
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Tug Valley Mining Institute (TVMI) Scholarships
The TVMI Scholarship is open to students in West Virginia from Mingo, Logan, Wayne, Pike, and Martin counties.
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Artificial Intelligencer, Data Centers Key for Coal-Fired Power, Natural Gas Production
The Joint Committee on Energy and Public Works received updates Monday morning during its meetings in the House of Delegates chamber on the second day of December legislative interim meetings at the Capitol.
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Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Cover Up Coal Mine Fire in Illinois
A mine manager from Kentucky pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to cover up a fire and keep miners working despite the danger in an underground coal mine in southern Illinois.
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Indian Coal Plants Raise Biomass Co-Firing in FY2024-25
India's thermal coal power plants have raised biomass co-firing by more than four times over the country's India's April 2024-March 2025 financial year.
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What Happened to Cause the Sharp Decline in Coking Coal and Coke Prices?
The futures of coking coal and coke (collectively referred to as the "dual coke") have recently experienced selloffs due to the dual pressures of a weakening spot market and a surge in import supply.
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Europe: Paying the Price for Closing Coal (Part 1)
United Kingdom eliminated coal generation over the past decade and is now awash in social and economic problems relating to exploding electric rates.
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History of Longwall Coal Mining Mechanization
What prompted me to write this type of book is based on my involvement with Longwall Coal Mining starting in 1966 as a 15 year old kid working in a mine over 2000 feet deep in the Valleys of Wales.
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