Coal-fired electricity generation in U.S. amounted to 675 terawatt hours in 2023, nearly 19 percent less in comparison to the previous year. A decade earlier, almost two thousand terawatt hours of electricity was generated from coal combustion in the country. In 2023, coal accounted for nearly 16 percent of the electricity generation in U.S.
Electricity generation from coal in the United States from 2008 to 2023
(in terawatt hours)
According to the source, coal figures include anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and waste coal and coal synfuel.
Figures indicate generation at utility-scale facilities.
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EIA. (September 25, 2024). Electricity generation from coal in the United States from 2008 to 2023 (in terawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/253356/us-electricity-net-generation-from-coal/
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