Coal

Carbon Emissions

China Issues Action Plan to Improve Air Quality

A cooling tower and chimneys are seen at a thermal power plant on a polluted day in Beijing, China, November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo Acquire Licen…

Coal Production

Coal Generation Decreased in 2022, but Overall U.S. Emissions Increased

U.S. coal-related CO2 emissions decreased by 7%, or 68 million metric tons (MMmt), in 2022 relative to 2021. This decrease was largely due to an 8% decline in c…

Pumped Storage

Energyaustralia Outlines Lake Lyell Pumped Hydro Design

Australian utility EnergyAustralia has unveiled the concept design for its 335MW Lake Lyell pumped hydropower project in New South Wales (NSW) state, part of it…

Coal Production

China's State Planner Issues Draft Rules for Coal Production Reserve System

An aerial view of the machinery at the coal terminal of Huanghua port, in Hebei province, China February 1, 2023. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Lic…

Offshore Wind Power

US Wind Power Generation on Course to Surpass Coal

A wind farm shares space with corn fields the day before the Iowa caucuses, where agriculture and clean energy are key issues, in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. February 2…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

COP28: Several Nations Promise to Shut Coal Powered Plants

Several nations vowed at COP28 in Dubai, to phase out coal plants which are identified as contributing so much to global warming.The United States also committe…

Coal Production

Rockefeller Foundation at COP28 Backs Early Coal Retirement Using Carbon Credits

A truck unloads tonnes of coal inside a warehouse in Tondo city, metro Manila January 11, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco Acquire Licensing RightsA consortium led by…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Indonesia, ADB, Owners Agree to Shutter First Coal-Fired Power Station Early

Indonesia and the Asian Development Bank have agreed a provisional deal with the owners of the Cirebon-1 coal-fired power plant to shutter it almost seven years…

Solar Panel

Coal-Producing West Virginia Is Converting an Entire School System to Solar Power

(Courtesy: Ricardo Gomez Angel/Unsplash)By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virgi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan to Stop Building Unabated Coal Power Plants, PM Kishida Tells COP28

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a national statement at the World Climate Action Summit during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (C…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

EIA: Coal Generation Decreased in 2022, but Overall Us CO2 Emissions Increased

US coal-related CO2 emissions decreased by 7%, or 68 million metric tons (MMmt), in 2022 relative to 2021, according to the US Energy Information Administration…

Coal Mine

Vitol Funds to Help Restart Australia Coal Mine Shut Since 2007

Credit: Australia Pacific CoalAustralian Pacific Coal Ltd. and its joint venture partner have agreed terms for $60 million funding from Vitol Asia Pte Ltd., all…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

JERA To Start Trial of Co-firing Ammonia at Coal Power Plant in March

The logo of JERA Co., Inc., the world's biggest LNG buyer, is displayed at the company office in Tokyo, Japan July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo A…

Coal Production

India Turns to Coal as Hydro Generation Falls

Chimneys of a coal-fired power plant are pictured in New Delhi, India, July 20, 2017. Picture taken July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo Acquire Licens…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US 'Good Neighbor' Plan Works to Cut Power Plant Emissions, Says EPA

A bird flies over the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant in Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Ri…