Power

The World Bank funding of coal-fired power plant retrofits in middle-income countries could help save lives and reduce climate change.

The UK government’s new capacity market will help to prolong the life of coal-fired power plants in the UK, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Local governments pays the price for coal-fired and nuclear power plant closures in the US.

Growing energy requirements sees Tanzania reach for more coal and gas.

Duke Energy has reported completion of its work removing coal ash from the Dan River upstream of the Schoolfield Dam.

Coal’s share of Australia’s energy consumption slipped again in FY2012/13, according to official figures from the Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics.

In a new report, the Association of UK Coal Importers calls on the UK government to recognise the role coal still plays – and should continue to play – in the UK energy market.

Australia scraps “model legislation” as senate repeals carbon tax introduced by the previous Labor government.

Makomo Resources plans to spend US$ 1.5 billion on building a 600 MW coal-fired power plant.

Rather than use domestically sourced coal, New Hampshire’s Schiller power plant turned to Russia.

High Court rules that government was wrong to deem one of Drax’s planned biomass conversions ineligible for financial support.

The opportunities for German environmental technology in China.

Construction at the Petra Nova post-combustion carbon capture project in Texas has begun.

The Chinese government is to enforce the use of low-sulfur coal in Beijing as part of its efforts to improve air quality.

A strong PR and communications system is essential if carbon capture and storage technology is to prove a viable proposition.