Another bleak data point for coal’s place in the energy mix: 2019 had the first month where it was overtaken by renewables in the nation’s power generation, although it was only temporary.
The increase in supply of cheap natural gas, led by the Marcellus and Utica shales, have already flipped the script for coal. In 2017 and 2018, natural gas provided more fuel for power generation than coal or any other single source of energy and it continued to increase while coal has declined in 2019, according…
