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Coal Production

LONGWALL PRODUCTION LOSES A LITTLE STEAM

Through the use of new technology, operators hope to leave difficult geology in the gobIn a year where total U.S. coal production climbed nearly 4%, America&rsq…

Coal Mine

Investors Question Teck on Climate Even After Canadian Miner’s Coal Spin-Out

Investors have yet to embrace Canadian miner Teck Resources Ltd's (TECKb.TO) proposal to spin off its highly polluting coal business and focus on production…

Oil Price

OIL PRICE FALL SPECULATIVE, TO HIT $140 BY YEAR-END -ANDURAND

The recent fall in oil prices due to banking jitters is speculative and oil will hit $140 a barrel by the end of the year, hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand of…

Hydropower Plant

Paradise Dam Project Moves Forward

A project to restore Paradise Dam near Bundaberg in Australia is forging ahead, with enabling works to begin shortly, including work on the dam’s outlet v…

Hydropower Plant

Baime Hydropower Project Set to Be Commissioned in Papua New Guinea

The 11.6GW Baime hydropower project in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea is scheduled for commissioning this month.The project, which will be able to produce …

Offshore Wind Power

BW Ideol in Talks to Raise Eur 40 Million for Floating Wind Development

Norway-headquartered BW Ideol and French state-owned investment company ADEME Investissement have agreed to enter into exclusive negotiations for EUR 40 million…

Offshore Wind Power

Offshore Drone Challenge Takes Off

German energy company EnBW and its project partner, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), have published the conditions of entry and the specific flight tasks for …

Hydropower Plant

World First as Sebzor Project Certified Against Hydropower Sustainability Standard

The Sebzor hydropower project in Tajikistan has become the first project in the world to be certified against the Hydropower Sustainability Standard, the hydrop…

Offshore Wind Power

Simply Blue Eyes Floating Wind Opportunities Offshore Nsw in New Consortium

Simply Blue Group, Subsea 7, and Australian developer Spark Renewables have formed a consortium to pursue floating offshore wind development off the coast of Ne…

Rooftop PV System

End-Of-Life Legislation for Solar Photovoltaic Panels

The renewable energy sector is challenged with a dilemma: How will Australia discard the 80 million solar panels in an environmentally friendly manner when they…

Offshore Wind Power

BP Launches Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge

Energy major bp has launched three separate calls for innovative ideas and new collaborations in the field of offshore wind.The call is part of bp’s effor…

Solar Technology

Pushing the Boundaries of Solar Energy With Energy-Generating Rail Tracks

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is urging governments and policymakers in ‘every country, every sector and every timeframe’1 to…

Thermal Plant

New Coal-Fired Unit Operating at Zimbabwe’s Largest Thermal Power Plant

The first of two 300-MW units being built as part of the expansion of a coal-fired generating station in Zimbabwe has come online. The Zimbabwe Power Co. (ZPC) …

Offshore Wind Power

BREAKING: JERA Buys Parkwind, Belgium’s Leading Offshore Wind Developer

Belgium’s Virya Energy has signed an agreement with JERA Green, an affiliate of Japan’s JERA, to sell 100 per cent of the shares of Parkwind, Virya …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Pakistan Inaugurates Two Coal-Fired Plants (1.65 GW) In the Sindh Province

The Pakistani Government has inaugurated two coal-fired power plants totalling a capacity of 1,650 MW and located in the Thar Desert of the Sindh Province (sout…