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The true cost of coal fired power plant
European researchers who have spent years exploring those so-called external costs figure regular old coal plants actually cost an additional 9-17 cents per kilowatt hour (7-13 European cents)?that?s an extra two or three times the average cost of electricity in the U.S. Even the cleanest of coal plants still costs an extra 2 cents per kilowatt hour. And that, coincidentally, is the amount of subsidy support that wind power gets from the federal government to help close the cost gap - Read More
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