Coal

Coal Production

Coal India Output to Be Affected by Planned Strike

Worker unions affiliated to left wing groups and political parties have called a strike across India on Wednesday to protest over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's…

Thermal Plant

Israel's Largest Power Plant to be Converted from Coal to Natural Gas

Israel's largest power plant will be largely converted from coal to natural gas production by 2022, the state's Ministry of Energy announced Tuesday.

Solar Company

PV will be China's Largest Form of Power Supply by 2025

Energy Research Institute of National Development and Reform Commission , LongGi Green Energy Co,.Ltd, and Shaanxi Coal Industry and Chemical Industry jointly i…

Coal Power

Top Indian Power Producers Sought Delay To Curb Coal Plant Emissions

The requests mean the two biggest power producers in India are pressuring the government to delay emissions targets for a second time, citing costs and technica…

Coal Mine

​India Coal Ministry to Issue Notice Inviting Tender for Commercial Mining Auctions

The Ministry of Coal aims to issue the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) documents before the end of the current financial year to begin the process of commercial co…

Coal Power

Centre Deallocates Coal Block Allotted to Arm of PFC for Power Project

The coal ministry had in 2010 allocated the coal block in Odisha for a 4000 MW power project to be set up by Sakhigopal Integrated Power Company Ltd.

World First Trial to Produce Clean Hydrogen for Export from Brown Coal

The pilot plant, which employs a 2-step process to clean-up, purify and separate the synthetic gas (syngas) from the coal gasifier will produce a pure stream of…

Coal Power

Carbon Tax Waiver on Coal May Pose A Risk to India's Renewables Growth

This comes at a time where aggressive bidding and rapid fall in tariff prices in country's renewable power auctions have squeezed profit margins for project dev…

The Largest Cleanup of Coal ash in U.S. Reaches Settlement

Duke Energy will save about $1.5 billion in coal ash cleanup costs under a settlement between the utility and environmental and other groups announced Jan. 2 by…

Coal Technology

Mantashe Pushes Integrated Resource Plan at IEA Coal 2019 Report

The IRP 2019 maintains room for additional capacity from coal-fired power plants through the inclusion of 750 MW in 2023 and 750 MW in 2027.

Coal Production

Coal India Invites Bids for Rs 1,176 Crore Heavy Mining Equipment

This procurement is part of the company’s plan to spend close to Rs 6,900 crore in acquiring heavy mining machinery, land, wagons and on mine development activ…

Coal Power

Montana Coal-fired Power Plant will Close Two Units Built in 1970s

The plant employs about 300 people and is the main driver of the economy for the surrounding town of Colstrip, which has about 2,300 people.

Coal Mine

Coal Mining May Be Opened Up to All Sectors Through Legal Amendment

Coal mining may be opened up to firms other than those in steel and power sectors through a legal amendment.

Oil&Gas Drilling

China's Top Coal Province to Seek Investors Extracting Gas from Abandoned Mines

Shanxi holds about 2,052 sq km of depleted coal mine zones that could contain an estimated 72.6 billion cubic metres of coal-seam gas.

Britain's Renewables Produced More Electricity Than Fossil Fuels in 2019

BRITAIN, the birthplace of coal power, produced more electricity from zero-carbon sources such as wind, solar and nuclear than from fossil fuel plants for the f…