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BHP announces a US$6 million equity investment in emissions reduction company, Carbon Engineering Ltd.

Framtiden i våre hender (FIVH) and Urgewald find that Norway’s oil fund has investments in 32 companies that should have been excluded under coal exclusion criteria.

Brian Anderson delivered the 2019 Carnegie Mellon University Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation Distinguished Lecture Series in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, last week.

Coal is a vital energy and strategic resource that is essential to the world’s sustainable development and energy security objectives, says World Coal Association.

Capping coal production is significant because prices could remain high amid tighter supplies.

The NMA testified the 2015 rule imposed a “de facto moratorium on construction of new coal-fired power plants. The proposed revisions are necessary to allow construction of new, highly efficient coal units, particularly if regulations and fuel markets change and eliminate the current barriers on the construction of new, lower emitting coal-fired units.”

Coal will be essential to help India meet its future energy needs, as the country’s energy demand is projected to more than double through to 2040.

Australian high CV thermal coal prices are currently at a 19 month low, but Wood Mackenzie believes it will not be for long.

Today, Kibo Energy PLC received written notice from the Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (TANESCO), that it did not qualify to compete in the next stage of the bidding process.

The newly released technology compendium assembles CO2 capture technology R&D descriptions for 91 projects, including 47 active projects and 44 completed projects.

ACCCE pleased that Andrew Wheeler’s nomination to serve as EPA Administrator has moved one step closer to confirmation.

Kibo Energy has provided an update on its 65% owned Benga Independent Power Project in Mozambique (Africa).

EDF Energy has reportedly reached an industrial milestone in the testing of its so-called Ecocombust project, which could help France achieve its goal of phasing out coal power generation by 2022.

While western Europe is reducing its coal use, most countries in Eastern Europe are still reliant on the fuel.

The CCS facility captured 625 996 t of CO2 in 2018, a 23% increase over 2017.