Coal

Hartsfield Ferry Coal Plant

Hatfield's Ferry Power Station was a 1.7-gigawatt (1,700 MW), coal power plant located in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The plant was operated by FirstEnergy. It began operations in 1969 and was shut down in 2013. Left, shows an image of the plant in 1993 and right is an image from 2019.

U.S. Carbon Emissions Grew in 2022, Even As Renewables Surpassed Coal – The New York Times

U.S. Carbon Emissions Grew in 2022, Even As Renewables Surpassed Coal – The New York Times

Emissions ticked up 1.3 percent even as renewable energy surpassed coal power nationwide for the first time in over six decades, with wind, solar and hydropower generating 22 percent of the country’s electricity compared with 20 percent from coal. Growth in natural gas power generation also compensated for coal’s decline.