Power

African Energy Resources will raise up to AU$ 4.5 million to advance its portfolio of coal and power projects in Botswana.

Aspire Mining has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent for the power supply to its Ovoot coking coal project in Mongolia.

Emerson has been awarded a contract to engineer and install its Ovation control system at the Craig power station in Colorado.

BTN Energy Prima has created an alliance with CMEC for the construction of three coal-fired power plants in Indonesia.

Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract for the supply of two pulverised coal arch fired steam generators.

Peabody Energy CEO has called on business and energy leaders to solve energy inequality.

Renewables push hard coal-fired power generation in Germany to its lowest level since 2011.

A sluggish economy has caused European carbon emissions to drop 3.1%, according to Thomson Reuters Point Carbon.

Scientists have discovered large coal deposits under the North Sea that could power Britain for hundreds of years.

The resumption of Drummond coal exports from Colombia has increased the Atlantic surplus.

The Italian coal association has called for the country to diversify its generation mix in light of its current reliance on Russian natural gas.

The average supply of coal held at electric power plants in December 2013 dropped below 60 days of burn for the first time since summer 2011.

A total of 5.4 GW of coal-fired power plants retirement have been announced since November 2013.

Alstom has concluded a contract with BHEL to supply three 660 MW supercritical boilers and components for NTPC’s North Karanpura coal-fired power plant.

Stanwell has brought two new generation units back online, thanks to an increase in demand for coal-fired power.