Three large machines called turbines produce electricity at the Buck Combined Cycle Station in central North Carolina, near the town of Salisbury. Tall chimneys that once released smoke into the air all day and night are now unused. The last coal-fueled generators that operated at the energy center were closed a few years ago. Trains full of coal no longer arrive at the center, and large piles of coal no longer cover the ground. The center is owned by Duke Energy. Energy companies have had to sharply reduce the amount of coal they use for several reasons: Stronger government rules have reduced the level of carbon permitted to be sent into the air. And there is a growing demand for clean energy. The new energy center is fueled by natural gas. It is a much cleaner source of electricity than coal. Bill Wilson is the senior engineer of the Buck Combined Cycle Station. He says Duke Energy has closed about half of its coal-fueled energy centers in recent years and has replaced them with ones fueled by natural gas.
Title: Less Energy Now Produced by Coal in US South
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data-start-time='20688' data-end-time='30208'>The last coal-fueled generators that operated at the energy center were closed a few years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='30208' data-end-time='41688'>Trains full of coal no longer arrive at the center, and large piles of coal no longer cover the ground.</span> <span data-start-time='41688' data-end-time='45854'>The center is owned by Duke Energy.</span> <span data-start-time='45854' data-end-time='61604'>Energy companies have had to sharply reduce the amount of coal they use for several reasons: Stronger government rules have reduced the level of carbon permitted to be sent into the air.</span> <span data-start-time='61604' data-end-time='66854'>And there is a growing demand for clean energy.</span> <span data-start-time='66854' data-end-time='71875'>The new energy center is fueled by natural gas.</span> <span data-start-time='71875' data-end-time='77354'>It is a much cleaner source of electricity than coal.</span> <span data-start-time='77354' data-end-time='84979'>Bill Wilson is the senior engineer of the Buck Combined Cycle Station.</span> <span data-start-time='84979' data-end-time='100542'>He says Duke Energy has closed about half of its coal-fueled energy centers in recent years and has replaced them with ones fueled by natural gas.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1531/coal_energy_lessening.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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