Coal

Coal Power

Germany Needs 18 Years And $ 44 Billion to Quit Coal

Germany introduced on Thursday that it would certainly invest $445 billion to quit coal– however except an additional 18 years, by 2038.

Rising Demand for Steel And Energy Pushed Global Coal Use

The global maritime coal trade grew 0.7 per cent last year, helped by increased output in China and Indonesia, according to Germany’s VDKI coal importers lobby…

Coal Trade

China's Coal Imports Raced Ahead in 2019

China's coal imports raced ahead in 2019, surprising many who had expected that in the months of 2019 to come the government would clamp down strictly on shipme…

Coal Power

U.S. Coal-fired Power Plants Closing Fast Despite Trump's Efforts to The Industry

U.S. coal-fired power plants shut down at the second-fastest pace on record in 2019, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up the industry, accordin…

German CHP Plant Utilizing Jenbacher J920 Gas-Fired Engines

INNIO and Kraftanlagen München GmbH (KAM) have completed work on a 190-MW gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant replacing retired coal-fired generation…

Coal Power

Sunflower Finally Abandons Plans 895-MW Coal-fired Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. has abandoned plans to build the $2.8 billion Holcomb Expansion after its partner on the 895-MW coal-fired power plant project in…

Coal Trade

Seaborne Coal Trade Around The World Rose 0.7 Per Cent in 2019

Imports and exports, counted together, rose to 1.218 billion tonnes from 1.210 billion tonnes in 2018, VDKI Managing Director Franz-Josef Wodopia said in an spe…

Offshore Wind Power

Mainstream in New Global Coalition to Speed Offshore Wind Growth

As well as Mainstream, the group includes Ørsted and Equinor, CWind, Global Marine Group, JERA, MHI Vestas, Shell, Siemens Gamesa, TenneT and The Crown Estate.

Coal Power

German Officials Agree Plan to Shut Down Coal-fired Power Plants by 2038

German officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation's coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s that will involve operators getting billions o…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

German Officials Agree Plan to Exit Coal-Fired Power by 2038

A year ago, a government-appointed panel recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to curb cl…

Coal Mine

Plans for New Deep Coal Mining Projects in Britain Considered "Unnecessary"

The report focused on Woodhouse Colliery in the county of Cumbria, in northwest England, which is the first deep coal mine project to be launched in Britain in …

Coal Power

Germany Plans to Phase Out The Use of Brown Coal

Germany has reached an agreement with the regions most affected by a plan to phase out the use of brown coal, or lignite, for its power plants by providing abou…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Sunflower Electric Abandons Proposed Kansas 895MW Coal Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. on Wednesday abandoned its proposed coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas after nearly 15 years of pushing for the project, …

World Bank Coal Case a Testing Ground for Climate Liability

A David-versus-Goliath battle between aggrieved Indian villagers and an arm of the World Bank last year led the nation's highest bench to conclude that internat…

Why Solar Energy’s Prospects Look Bright for 2020

The global energy transition is the transformation of the world’s energy supply, away from polluting sources such as coal, oil and gas, and towards renewables.…