Trump is relying on MAGA organizers to revive the American coal industry. The first major coal-fired power plant project in the U.S. since 2013 is now entrusted to TerraSpark, a little-known company led by Alex Phillips. This large-scale project in West Virginia has received $18.5 million for preliminary research, but its key figure is more closely tied to Republican politics and conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election than to the energy sector. Nevertheless, both TerraSpark and the U.S. Department of Energy assert that the contract was awarded through a competitive bidding process, with no favoritism involved. The planned power plant, with a capacity of 1.6 gigawatts, promises up to 1,000 jobs for West Virginia. The state has a long history of coal mining, but its coal industry has steadily declined over the past two decades.
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