Coal-fired power

Thermal Coal

Coal Emissions Cost India Millions in Crop Damages

In many parts of India, a single noxious pollutant from coal-fired power stations drags down annual wheat and rice yields by 10% or more, according to a new stu…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Ageing ‘Coal Clunkers’ Posing Power Outage Risk

Australia's ageing coal-fired power stations increase the chances of blackouts, experts say.Fresh warnings Australia's coal generation fleet is ageing a…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

JSW Energy Synchronises Unit 2 of Utkal Thermal Plant

This boosts its operating thermal capacity to over 3 GW.JSW Energy (Utkal) Limited, a subsidiary of JSW Energy Limited, has announced that it successfully synch…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China’s Carbon Power Rises in 2024, Defying Expectations of Coal Peaking

A man walks past a coal-fired power plant in Shanghai, China, October 14, 2021.China's mostly coal-powered thermal generation ticked up 1.5% in 2024, offici…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Ministers Pledge Record £410M to Support UK Nuclear Fusion Energy

The now decommissioned West Burton coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire could host the prototype nuclear fusion plant.The UK government has promised a re…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Indiana Data Center Could Soon Be Powered by Coal

Merom Generating Station.Hallador Energy Company – owner and operator of a 1GW coal-fired plant in Indiana, USA – is a step closer to a final agreem…

Wind Power Project

Polish Power-Grid Operator Plans $15.4-Billion Investment by 2034

Electric poles are seen near Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power plant powered by lignite, operated by Polish utility PGE, in Kleszcz…

Transformer

Transformer Explosion at South African Coal Power Leaves Nine Injured

An explosion at an Eskom coal-fired power plant injured nine employees last week. The utility believes a rupture of a high-pressure steam steel pipe caused the …

United Kingdom

UK’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plant Closes Its Doors for the Final Time

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, near Nottingham UK, closed its doors for the last time on 30 September 2024, marking the closure of the UK’s last coal-fi…

Coal Mine

Mgen To Spend $2 Billion For Expansion

Meralco PowerGen Corp.(MGen), the generation arm of power giantManila Electric Co.(Meralco), has estimated a capital outlay of at least$2 billionto develop two …

Coal Mine

Matarbari Coal Fired Plant begins production

One unit of Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Plant began generation on Thursday.But the unit will go into full generation on Saturday said Acting…

Green Hydrogen

The Hydrogen Stream: NTPC Setting up Sea Water to Green Hydrogen Plant at Simhadri

NETRA, the R&D centre of NTPC, is setting up a 1 tpd seawater to green hydrogen plant at NTPC Simhadri coal-fired power plant near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Prade…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

GE Vernova to Supply Gas Turbines to Japan’s Nanko Power Station

A GE Vernova 7HA.03 gas turbine manufactured in Greenville. Credit: GE Vernova.GE Vernova has secured a contract from the Kansai Electric Power Company to suppl…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Mitsubishi Power Installs Final Gas Turbine at 5.3GW Thai Power Plant

Each GTCC plant hosts four M701JAC gas turbines, steam turbines, and heat recovery steam generators. Credit: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Mitsubishi Power h…

Carbon Emissions

Global Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Set to Peak This Year, Consultancy DNV Says

A view shows emissions from the smoke stack of the Electricite de France (EDF) coal-fired power plant in Cordemais near Nantes, France, January 20, 2022. REUTER…