Coal

Wind Turbine

Former Coal Mining Community in Line for £11M Windfall

Former Scottish coal mining communities are to share in an £11 million windfall from a new wind farm development.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has b…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Australia’s Biggest Coal State Breaks New Ground in Wind and Solar Output

New South Wales has reached two remarkable renewable energy milestones that signal the growing contribution of solar power to the state’s energy mix.The first …

Carbon Capture

Teesside and Edinburgh Universities Develop New Carbon Capture Material

Known as CalyChar, the new material is an advanced form of hydrochar, a charcoal-like material formed by using heat and water to treat organic/bio waste in a pr…

Coal Technology

Breakthrough in Carbon Capture Technology: Youwan’s Revolutionary Solution Garners Global Recognition

According to a report currently published by 《The Icons》, YOUWAN Concentrate Consultants, a Taiwanese company founded by Slone Wang, has introduced a groundbr…

Gas power plant

Officials Approve Duke Energy’s Plan to Replace Coal With Gas-Fired Units

Regulators in North Carolina have approved Duke Energy’s plan to replace some of the utility’s coal-fired units with natural gas-fired generation.Th…

Coal Mine

Peabody Announces First Coal Shipment From Centurion Mine

The inaugural shipment was delivered to the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal and loaded for export to a customer in Asia last week. This achievement highlights Centu…

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…

Coal Production

Global Coal Demand to Plateau Through 2027

The global demand for coal is projected to reach 8.77 billion tonnes in 2024, where it is expected to stay close through 2027 as renewable energy takes a more m…

Battery

New Coal-Killing Flow Battery Tool Now Available, for Free

Saving coal jobs was once supposed to be a top priority for President-elect Trump, but that bird has flown and the door is about to slam shut even harder just w…

Solar project

Vistra Connects Two New Solar Projects, Delays Coal Plant Closure in Illinois

Vistra announced that two new utility-scale solar projects in Illinois have connected to the grid and that, amid what it called widespread concern over reliabil…

China

Wind Power and Photovoltaic Solar Energy Overtakes Thermal Power in China’s Coal-Rich Inner Mongolia

The installed new energy capacity, which includes wind power and photovoltaic solar energy, in North China’s coal-rich Inner Mongolia autonomous region ha…

Solar project

Coal India Ltd Launches 1 GW Solar EPC Tender

Coal India Ltd has invited EPC bids for its 1 GW solar power project planned in Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd’s solar park in Rajasthan. Bidding closes o…

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…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Jacobs to Help Build $3.3 Billion, 3.5 GW Photovoltaic (PV) Plant and 4.5 GW Battery System in Philippines

US firm Jacobs will help build a $3.3 billion, 3.5 GW photovoltaic plant and 4.5 GW battery system in the Philippines to help the country reduce its reliance on…