Coal power is a traditional source of energy that involves burning coal to generate electricity. It has been a primary source of electricity for many years.
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Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaics (PV) involves converting sunlight directly into electricity using solar panels. It's a rapidly growing renewable energy source.
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Our opinion is that utility scale solar is better than utility scale coal power because solar power does not produce much greenhouse gas emissions while coal produces a lot, show in this picture above, and it pollutes lakes, rivers, etc. Here is one example of how coal pollutes water, “in Kentucky. In 2000, the bottom of a Kentucky coal slurry impoundment gave way, contaminating more than a hundred miles of rivers and streams with more than 300,000,000 gallons of thick black sludge—30 times larger than the Exxon-Valdez oil spill.” Solar power is also a renewable source of energy unlike coal which takes millions of years to form. Also, in the picture it shows 48 gCO2 e per kWh while coal has 820.
