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Energy Month: Coal

17 Aug 2022, Posted by John Cassibry in All Posts, Blog Posts

Coal is primarily used to create electricity in the United States. For coal to create electricity, bituminous or subbituminous coal is burned, which turns water into steam that turns a turbine and creates electricity. Bituminous and subbituminous coal is found in abundance in West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming. In…

How Technology Cleaned up Coal within Decades

10 Aug 2021, Posted by bdierker in All Posts, Blog Posts

Coal fueled the rise of the Industrial Revolution and the proliferation of everything from personal cars to iron ore smelting. The advent of new technology that harnessed coal’s massive energy density led to massive spikes in the quality of life for many industrialized countries. However, while coal became an industrial…