Electricity generation from coal power plants reduced significantly between 2018 and 2019 in the United States. The South generated the largest amount of electricity from coal in 2018, at some 481 million megawatt hours. However, this figure decreased in the next year, down to some 392 million megawatt hours.
Generation of coal-fired power plants in the United States in 2018 and 2019, by region (in million megawatt hours)
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Statistics on Coal energy in the U.S.
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EIA. (May 11, 2020). Generation of coal-fired power plants in the United States in 2018 and 2019, by region (in million megawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122285/coal-fired-power-generation-by-region-us/
EIA. "Generation of coal-fired power plants in the United States in 2018 and 2019, by region (in million megawatt hours)." Chart. May 11, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122285/coal-fired-power-generation-by-region-us/
EIA. (2020). Generation of coal-fired power plants in the United States in 2018 and 2019, by region (in million megawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122285/coal-fired-power-generation-by-region-us/
EIA. "Generation of Coal-fired Power Plants in The United States in 2018 and 2019, by Region (in Million Megawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122285/coal-fired-power-generation-by-region-us/
EIA, Generation of coal-fired power plants in the United States in 2018 and 2019, by region (in million megawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122285/coal-fired-power-generation-by-region-us/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Generation of coal-fired power plants in the United States in 2018 and 2019, by region (in million megawatt hours) [Graph], EIA, May 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122285/coal-fired-power-generation-by-region-us/