Mark<p>Article on the Sherco coal-to-solar transition: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/climate/coal-to-solar-minnesota/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/09/16/climate/coa</span><span class="invisible">l-to-solar-minnesota/index.html</span></a></p><p>Touches on several themes: Coal-fired power plants can make great sites for utility-scale solar installations--the transmission lines are already there; coal can still be used for a while, while the solar array is being built out; intermittency of fossil-fuel power plants; and wind & solar being far cheaper sources of energy than coal. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NoMoreCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMoreCoal</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photovoltaics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photovoltaics</span></a></p>