Energy Reduction as a Coal Power Alternative

Posted by Luke Fishback

Recently several coal power generation stories have been in the headlines. Some have discussed the slew of advertisements we’ve seen, particularly during the Presidential debates, about “Clean Coal.” More recently there has been lots of coverage in the cleantech and energy worlds about the DOE’s pulling the plug on a project called FutureGen. Here in North Carolina, final approval has been granted for Duke Energy to construct an 800 megawatt coal plant called Cliffside.