Coal-fired electricity generation in U.S. dropped to 773.8 terawatt hours in 2020. A decade earlier, almost two thousand terawatt hours of electricity was generated from coal combustion in the country. In 2020, coal accounted for approximately one fifth of the total electricity generation in U.S.
Electricity generation from coal in the United States from 2008 to 2020
(in terawatt hours)
According to the source, coal figures include anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and waste coal; coal synfuel and refined coal; and beginning in 2011, coal-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011 coal-derived synthesis gas was included in Other gases.
Figures indicate generation at utility-scale facilities.
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EIA. (August 24, 2021). Electricity generation from coal in the United States from 2008 to 2020 (in terawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/253356/us-electricity-net-generation-from-coal/
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EIA. (2021). Electricity generation from coal in the United States from 2008 to 2020 (in terawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253356/us-electricity-net-generation-from-coal/
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