More coal-fired generation was activated early this year amid soaring electricity demand in the cold snaps. U.S. power generators generated more coal-fired power while curbing production from some gas ...

In a first for the country, solar and wind generated more electricity than coal over most of 2024. The two renewable energy sources provided a record 17 percent of U.S. electricity from January to ...

New regulations could spell the end for plants that burn coal, the fossil fuel that powered the country for more than a century. By Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport The Biden administration on ...

Coal and utility-scale solar power each gained market share in the first half of this year, newly released data on U.S. electricity generation show. Natural gas, while still the market leader, lost ...