Coal

Thermal Coal

Power Units May Miss Closing Coal Stock Target as Heat Soars

The railway ministry will provide 418 rakes to different subsidiaries of Coal India and captive mines and will also increase the number of rakes. Hydro power pl…

Thermal Coal

Contango Completes Pilot Coke Plant Construction at Its Lubu Project

Contango Holdings Plc has advised that the construction of a small-scale coke battery has been completed at the Lubu Coal Project in Zimbabwe.The pilot coke pla…

Thermal Coal

Dark Summer Nights: India Faces High Risks of Power Cuts After Years of Coal, Hydro Power Neglect

The electricity deficits this summer could be worse than expected, as Grid-India's shortage forecasts were made weeks before India's weather office pred…

Coal Production

​Coal’s Share in Indonesia’s Energy Mix Reaches 64% In 2022

The share of renewables is at 20%.The share of coal in Indonesia’s energy mix increased to 64% from 61% in 2022, meeting the electricity needed, following…

Romania

Romanian Coal Plant to Be Repurposed as 1700MW Combined-Cycle Flagship

HL-class engine. Image credit: Siemens EnergyCCGT plant will run on Siemens Energy turbines and be one of the most efficient in EuropeSiemens Energy will supply…

Coal Trade

UK Calls on Reserve Coal Power as Supply Tightens

National Grid ESO, serving the grid of Great Britain, has used reserve coal power units for the first time this winter during expected supply shortages.Two coal…

Solar Power Plant

Yingli Energy Launches 4GW Bipv and PV Products Project in Baoding City of China

YC Solar, a China-based high-tech photovoltaic product manufacturing company under Yingli Group, officially committed to expand the second phase of its PV produ…

Coal Technology

Siwertell shipunloaders commissioned at new Chinese power station

Bruks Siwertell has completed the commissioning of two large scale Siwertell ST 790-D-type shipunloaders for a newly developed ultra-supercritical power station…

Coal Trade

Seventh Round of Commercial Coal Mines Auction Likely by Month End

Despite having the fourth-largest coal reserves in the world, India is the second-largest importer of the fuel, according to a government report. A fifth of the…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China Approves 106 GW of New Coal-Fired Capacity

A new report from a two global energy research groups found that China last year approved its most new coal-fired power generation projects since 2015.The repor…

Carbon Emissions

Indonesia Launches Carbon Trading Mechanism for Coal Power Plants

Indonesia has, reportedly, launched the first phase of mandatory carbon trading for coal power plants.The first stage of a carbon trading mechanism will cover 9…

Coal Trade

Ministry of Coal to Commence Forward Auction of Commercial Coal Mines From February 27, 2023

The Ministry of Coal will commence forward auction of commercial coal mines from February 27, 2023.The Ministry of Coal had launched the sixth round and second …

Wind Farm

Utility-Scale Wind, Solar PV, & Concentrating Solar Power (Csp) Increased From 467 MW in 2013 to 6,230 MW in 2022 in South Africa

South Africa’s grid is dominated by coal. According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Statistics of Utility-Scale Power Gene…

Solar Power Plant

TVA Will Explore Building Utility-Scale Solar on Closed Coal Ash Sites

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will pursue a first-of-its-kind pilot program at the Shawnee Fossil Plant in West Paducah, Kentucky, to determine if closed…

Coal Trade

Coal Despatches to India’s Power Sector Likely to Climb by Year-End

This comes as demand for coal-based power remains high.Coal despatches to India’s power sector are projected to increase by year-end as the demand for coa…