Coal

Market Analysis

Coal in Asia ‘Won’t Disappear Any Time Soon’

Frank Thiel noted that the Philippines’ moratorium against coal was aimed at preventing the building of new coal-fired power plants.

Coal Production

Major Coal Consumer India Sees Stockpiles Slump To Four-Year Low

Amid a global energy shortage, India, one of the world’s largest coal consumers, has inventories of the fuel at its lowest level since November 2017.

Coal Trade

Posco Sells Out of Australian Coal Project

South Korean steel producer Posco has put the land for its failed 3mn t/yr Hume coal project in the NSW Southern Highlands and associated rail link to Port Kemb…

Solar Power Plant

SOUTH AFRICA: Exxaro Accelerates Sustainability with 70 MWp Solar Plant

The electricity produced by this plant will be sold to Exxaro Coal, another subsidiary of the Exxaro group.

Coal Production

What China’s Coal Phaseout Means for the World

It took just one man — Chinese President Xi Jinping — to sound the death knell for the public funding of coal.

Nuclear Reactor

NuScale Signs Agreement with New Polish Partners to Replace Coal

NuScale has signed a second agreement to consider its small reactors as a general replacement for coal units in Poland.

Net Zero Emission

Sri Lanka to Cease Building Coal-Fired Plants, Aims to be Net-Zero Emitter by 2050

Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and small and large hydro power plants together account for half of the island nation's installed electricity c…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China’s Pledge to End Building Coal Plants Abroad Improves Belt and Road’s Reputation, Development Bank Says

Coal projects were a consistent feature of the BRI in the last years.

Solar Power Plant

Republic of Srpska Plans to Build Solar Power Plants on Abandoned Coal Mines

The Republic of Srpska plans to install utility-scale solar power plants on abandoned open pits of coal-mining and power generation complex RiTE Ugljevik, which…

Clean Coal

ACE and WCA: Modest Clean Coal Investment will Cut ASEAN Emissions

A new report by the ASEAN Centre for Energy and the World Coal Association has found that ASEAN countries will require approximately 234 GW of new coal capacity…

Kazakhstan

ERG and NFC China to Construct Special Coke Plant

The new 400 000 tpy plant will produce a reducing agent that is key to the production of ferroalloys.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China to Stop Financing Overseas Coal Power Projects

China has pledged to stop building overseas coal-fired power plants, potentially ending a major source of financing for the sector.

Market Analysis

IEA Says Climate Targets will Accelerate Czech Coal Phase-Out

Ensure that lessons are learnt by all relevant stakeholders from recent Gen-III nuclear new build projects in OECD countries to limit the risk of cost overruns …

Rooftop PV System

Coal India Arm ECL Installs 250 kW Rooftop Solar Power Project

"ECL, the West Bengal-located coal-producing subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, commissioned a 250-kW rooftop solar power project on Wednesday ramping up its total i…

Solar Power Plant

Former US Coal Mine Gets Utility-Scale Solar Makeover

A former coal mine in Southwest Virginia will be redeveloped for a utility-scale solar project.