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Coal
Brunner Island Power Station
Brunner Island Steam Electric Station is a coal-fired electrical generation facility in York County, Pennsylvania. It occupies most of the area of the eponymous island on Susquehanna River. The power plant has three major units, which came online in 1961, 1965, and 1969, with respective generating capacities of 334 MW, 390 MW, and 759 MW (in winter conditions). In addition, three internal combustion generators (2.8 MWe each) were installed in 1967. Talen Energy will stop coal use at the plant in 2025.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunner_Island_Steam_Electric_Station
Heating With Coal. How to Start a Coal Fire
"Our wood stove can burn either wood or coal. In this video Kevin will teach you our method for starting and maintaining an anthracite coal fire. "
Lindytown Coal Mine
Anthracite Coal Mines In Pennsylvania
This map shows were anthracite coal is currently mined in Pennsylvania. Anthracite is the hard coal commonly used by farms and rural homesteads for inexpensive heating -- it is much hotter, drier and warmer fire then wood and last much longer a wood fire. Unlike soft coal, it burns without much soot or odor. Most of the best athracite mines are tapped out, so much of what is mined is refuse coal that is being further processed to extract useful bit of coal previously discarded.
Data Source: PASDA and Pennsylvania DCNR. Anthracite Coal Mines. http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/DataSummary.aspx?dataset=366