Coal-fired power

Clean Coal

Circulating Fluid Bed Scrubbing Technology: A Low-Cost Flexible Technology for India's Multi-Pollution

Tighter control of Sulfur Oxides (SOx), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and particular matter (PM) has become a priority for many countries around the world.

Coal Trade

​India's Coal Consumption Plunges by 12,500GW in End-October

The growth of coal-fired power in India has ground to a halt for the first 10 months of 2019 and for the 12 months ending October as consumption in the sector t…

Coal Power

South Korea Will Decommiss 2.6GW of Coal by 2021

As part of its efforts to reduce air pollution, South Korea will decommission six older coal-fired power units with a total capacity of 2.6 GW by 2021, a year b…

Most of World's Coal Power Stations Must Close By 2030 to Meet Paris Target

Governments will need to close most of the world’s coal-fired power stations by 2030, and place a halt on the construction of new coal generators, if there is …

Thermal Plant

A New 500-MW Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Plant Going into Operationa in Philippines

The San Buenaventura Power Plant will be the first supercritical generation plant in the Philippines. The plant is located in Mauban, Quezon, and will supply po…

Coal Mine

Shanghai Electric Begun Mining Work in Thar Coal Block-I and A 1320 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant

A Chinese power company, Shanghai Electric, has mobilised its machinery and begun mining work in Thar Coal Block-I for the development of the mine and installat…

China-Pakistan

Pakistan Celebrates Launch of New $2bn Coal Plant

The government of Islamabad has announced that its $2bn, 1320 MW coal-fired power plant has successfully commenced commercial operations.

Coal Production

China's Total Coal Consumption Will Drop 18% from 2018 to 2035

Demand is expected to trend downwards by 2025.According to Reuters, China is expected to see total coal consumption drop 18% from 2018 to 2035, and by 39% from …

Thermal Plant

German Spend €40 billion Designed to Lessen Impact of Coal Plant Closures

German officials on Aug. 28 approved a plan to spend as much as €40 billion ($44.4 billion) over the next 20 years on projects designed to lessen the impact of…

Coal Power

Standard Bank: Only Finance Coal-Fired Power Plants Meet Set Emission And Plant Size

The bank revealed last week that it has adopted a group-wide policy on lending to coal-fired power projects and is in the process of developing a policy on lend…

Thermal Plant

RWE Cites 'Challenging' Market Conditions as it Announces Plan to Close 1.5GW Coal Plant

The last remaining coal-fired power plant in Wales is to shut down next year, after energy firm RWE today announced "challenging" market conditions for UK coal …

Coal Power

India's Coal-Fired Power Generation Capacity To Rise by 22.4% in Three Years

India's coal-fired power generation capacity is expected to rise by 22.4% in three years, the federal power ministry's chief engineer said on Wednesday, potenti…

Thermal Plant

Opponents Say Nuclear and Coal-fired will Slow Construction of New Natural Gas-fired Generation

Opponents of a new law designed to prop up Ohio's imperiled nuclear and coal-fired power plants say it likely will slow construction of new natural gas-fired ge…

China to Add 6GW New Ultra-Low Emission Coal Capacity to Meet Growing Electricity Demand

The government has greenlighted the use of coal-fired power in regions with poor wind and solar resources.China Energy Group will add over 6GW of new ultra-low …

LNG

Korea Gas Corp.'s LNG Sales in June Dropped 14%, Due to Weaker Demand for Power Generation

South Korean state-owned Korea Gas Corp.'s LNG sales in June dropped 14% from a year earlier, marking the biggest decline in 32 months, due to weaker demand for…