Trump backs US coal sector with series of executive orders to meet surge in AI power demand
Will permit the extension of coal plants and direct federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands
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Southern Company to extend life of three coal plants due to data center energy demand
The plants have a combined capacity of 8.2GW
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IEA: Global coal power use reaches all time high, driven by increased electricity demand
The rate decline of coal consumption in advanced economies has also begun to slow
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Hallador in talks with data center developer for coal power supply deal
The partnership is expected to extend to over a decade
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Legacy coal plants are getting more unreliable
Cycling increases and deferred maintenance lead to higher forced outage rates
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Microsoft signs carbon capture deal with Carbon Streaming
Cloud company pays to bury charcoal made from biomass
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AboutBit to build 115MW cryptomine data center at coal plant in Indiana
Another cryptomine at a fossil fuel plant
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Ameren deploys Bitcoin mining data center at coal power plant
Sioux Energy Center adds to a growing number of coal-powered Bitcoin data centers