The number of coal-fired power plants under development saw a big hit in the first half of 2016.

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By Katie HerzogSep 7, 2016, 6:06 am77 pts
According to a new report from CoalSwarm’s Global Coal Plant Tracker, the total amount of coal-fired generating capacity in pre-construction planning dropped from 1,090 gigawatts (GW) in January 2016 to 932 GW in July. That’s a reduction approximately the size of the entire coal-generating capacity of…

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