Coal

Coal Production

China Accounted For Half Of The World’s Coal Generated In 2020, Says Study

Coal-fired power in China gained 2% in 2020, accounting for 53% of the overall coal-fired generation portfolio worldwide

Market Analysis

Greece Commits to 2025 Coal Phase-Out

Greece’s Public Power Corp., the country’s biggest energy company, has announced that its coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5 will be converted to gas…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Kansai Electric and Marubeni drop coal power plant plans

Kansai Electric Power and Marubeni have reportedly scrapped their plans for a 1.3GW coal-fired power plant in Japan.

Chile

Engie Says will Ditch Coal in Chile

The group reaffirmed a commitment to close six coal-fired plants, two of which have already been shut down, that generate nearly 1.5 GW of electricity, a statem…

Clean Coal

Eastern Mining Company Present Concept of ‘Green Coal Cluster’

VGK, one of the ten largest coal mining companies in the Russian Federation, intends to create a ‘Green Coal Cluster’ in the Uglegorsk District of the Sakhali…

Coal Mine

NSW Commission Consents to Tahmoor Coal Mine Extension

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has granted development consent for a proposed extension to the Tahmoor Coal Mine, on Sydney’s southwestern…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China's Non-Fossil Power Capacity to Surpass that of Coal in 2021: CEC

China's installed capacity of producing non-fossil energy will surpass that of coal-fired power generation for the first time in 2021

Energy Investment

Coal India Signs First 100 MW Solar Power Purchase Agreement

The company had won a 100 MW solar power project in March in a reverse auction conducted by GUVNL.

Nuclear Fusion

There are Plans to Build a £2bn Nuclear Fusion Plant Near Barry

The old coal-fired power plant at Aberthaw is being put forward as a site for an experimental nuclear fusion plant being developed in the UK

Coal Production

China to Curb Coal Consumption Below 56% of Energy Use in 2021

China aims to cut coal use to 56 percent of total energy consumption this year, down from 57 percent, while lifting electricity consumption to 28 percent from 2…

Solar Power Plant

Fortim Energy Electric, Solarpro Holding to Install Two PV Plants at Oslomej Coal Mine

The Government of North Macedonia has selected Turkey’s Fortim Energy Electric and Bulgaria’s Solarpro Holding for the construction of two solar power plants …

Coal Trade

Seoul to Strengthen NDC, Suspend Foreign Coal Financing

South Korean president Moon Jae-In has declared Seoul's intention to strengthen its NDCs and to suspend all public financing for new coal plant projects abroad …

Thermal Plant

Montenegro Expects more Hours for Pljevlja Power Plant

Montenegrin state-owned utility EPCG expects to be granted additional operating hours for the 225MW Pljevlja lignite-fired plant, which had been due to close la…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Seoul Requests Voluntary Cut from State Coal Plants

The South Korean government has asked state-owned Kepco utilities to voluntarily restrict its use of coal in April-November to limit overall emissions, sources …

Coal Gasification

Cabinet Okays Subsidy for Urea Produced via Coal-Gasification by Talcher Fertiliser

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved an "exclusive subsidy policy" for urea fertiliser produced through coal-gasification by Talcher Fertilizers Ltd (TFL).