The Trump administration seems to be doing all it can to give the coal industry everything it wants. But certain other goals, like building new coal plants, will prove much harder to achieve. New coal plants are the most far-fetched item on the coal industry’s wish list, but that’s not stopping the Trump administration from bankrolling such projects. But that federal contribution is a drop in the bucket for coal plants of that size. “It doesn’t seem within the realm of possibility that coal plants will open,” Kelly said.