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How Siemens Gamesa Could Give Coal Plants a Second Life

The ETES thermal battery can offer coal plants a new life as heat and power storage hubs. The first customer for a full-size version could be on-board as early …

Can Solar Power Compete With Coal?

In a dusty northwest India desert dotted with cows and the occasional camel, a solar-power plant is producing some of the world’s cheapest energy.

Coal Trade

Chinese Coal Traders Hunt for Short-Term Buys Amid Virus Disruption

Chinese coal traders and small coal-fired utilities are scrambling to lock in supplies of fuel from miners, worried about the prospects of market tightness as d…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US DoE Pledges up to $64m in Clean Coal R&D Funding

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $64m in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportun…

World's Carbon Emissions Flatline as Rich Nations Ditch Coal for Wind and Solar

Wind and solar expansion helped bring an unexpected stall to the growth of global energy-related CO2 emissions last year, said the International Energy Agency (…

Geothermal Might Replace Coal and Revolutionise Production of Heat in Finland

An article published last month in Finland is looking into efforts in the country to utilise geothermal energy for the heating needs of the country and in parti…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Spain Plans to Phase out Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

While some countries across Europe are resisting leaving coal power behind, Spain is speeding up its transition.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Uniper to End its Hard-coal-fired Power Production in Germany

Uniper is moving forward with its transformation and the further decarbonization of its portfolio.

Stadtwerke Kiel Replaces Coal Plant with Cutting-Edge CHP Facility

A power station hailed as one of Europe’s most modern and flexible combined heat and power plants is now operational on the site of a former coal-fired plant i…

Nuclear Power Plant

Viewpoint: Australia Must Embrace Nuclear Power

Australia has three electricity futures - coal, nuclear or chaos. It's time to bring Australia into the 21st century by aggressively embracing the nuclear one, …

Nuclear Technology

France and Poland Should Consider Nuclear Energy Cooperation

France and Poland should consider cooperation in nuclear energy, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday, as central Europe’s largest economy loo…

Coal Mine

Angloto Decide This Year on Fate of South African Thermal Coal Assets

Global miner Anglo American expects to decide this year whether to sell its South African thermal coal business, Chief Executive Mark Cutifani told Reuters on M…

Coal Mine

Reliance on Coal Divides European States

Two European states with a traditional reliance on coal are taking radically different paths as the climate crisis worsens.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Endesa to Close Two Giant Spanish Coal Plants

Endesa on Dec. 27 formally moved to shutter two massive coal-fired power plants—the 1.4-GW As Pontes plant in A Coruña, Galicia, which is the biggest coal-fir…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

NETL to Increase Efficiency in US Fossil Fuel-Based Power Plants

In the US, fossil energy is important for security, with coal producing nearly 30% of the nation’s electricity.