January 9th, 2020 by Tina Casey
t’s no secret that the Trump Administration has presided over the collapse of the US coal industry, but do they have to rub it in? The answer appears to be yes. On Wednesday, newly minted Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced an all-hands-on-deck initiative to push the energy storage envelope farther into coal-killing territory. For good measure, the new $153 million “Energy Storage Grand Challenge” will probably bump off natural gas, too. And all this under a President* who pledged to save coal jobs!
This sodium-based battery is just one of many advanced energy storage technologies in the Energy Department’s R&D portfolio (screenshot, via Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).
The Jig Is Up: Trump Hates Coal, Loves Energy Storage
Considering all the promises Trump made to coal miners, their families, and their communities, one would think that a major coal-killing announcement would get buried in a Friday evening news dump. After all, energy storage is the key that accelerates the renewable energy revolution.
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