New England Says Goodbye To Coal As Merrimack Station Powers Down

New England says goodbye to coal as Merrimack Station powers down

A view of an operational Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. (Photo by Eversource NH/CC BY-ND 2.0) This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The towering smokestacks of New England’s last coal-fired power plant have gone quiet. Merrimack Station in Bow, New Hampshire, shut down in September, years ahead of…

New England Says Goodbye To Coal As Merrimack Station Powers Down

The towering smokestacks of New England’s last coal-fired power plant have gone quiet. Merrimack Station in Bow, New Hampshire, shut down in September, years ahead of its scheduled closure, marking the end of coal-fired energy production in the region.

New England Says Goodbye to Coal as Merrimack Station Powers Down

After decades of operation, Merrimack Station’s closure marks the region’s final exit from coal—and the start of a new chapter in renewable energy development.