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In stunning turnaround, coal will grab electricity market share from natural gas next year

Frik Els | May 16, 2012 | 11:12 pm Energy Coal 

According to the latest stats from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), coal-fired power stations represented just 36% of US electricity in the first quarter of 2012 — a rapid decline from the 44.6% in the first quarter of 2011. The...

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