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Coal use for electricity generation in the US fell by 29% in 2015, as compared to peak use in 2007, according to a new report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). To put that in different terms, 1,045 million short tons of coal were used to generate electricity in the US in 2007, and “just” 739 million short tons were used for that purpose in 2015.

The report noted that the factors that led to this drop appear to be: flat or near-flat electricity sales growth in the US, and the increasing economic attractiveness of alternatives to coal (natural gas, wind energy, solar energy, etc.).

Source:cleantechnica.com