Merged Duke-Progress seeks strategy beyond coal

MINING.com Editor | January 11, 2011 | 3:13 pm Energy Coal

Reuters India reports: Duke Energy’s $13.7 billion deal to buy Progress Energy may allow the combined company to make better use of its aging coal-fired power plants as it seeks to boost generation from natural gas, renewables and nuclear.

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