| Abstract: | More than half of the electricity in the United States is generated by coal-fired powerplants. U.S. coal producers sell almost 90 percent of their product for electricity generation, and so, the future of the U.S. coal industry will be determined by the future of coal-fired electricity-generation plants.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is completing a National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) of five major coal-producing regions of the United States (fig. 1): (1) the Appalachian Basin, (2) the Illinois Basin, (3) the Gulf Coast, (4) the Colorado Plateau, and (5) the Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. The Powder River and Williston Basins are the principal producing areas of the Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 6629 |
| Citation Author: | Attanasi, Emil D.; Pierce, Brenda S. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 158-00 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Forces Shaping Future U.S. Coal Production and Use; 2001; FS; 158-00; Attanasi, Emil D.; Pierce, Brenda S. |
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| Text: | Forces Shaping Future U.S. Coal Production and Use; 2001; FS; 158-00; Attanasi, Emil D.; Pierce, Brenda S. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_158_00.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/factsheet/fs158-00/ |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
