Power

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from the latest mining updates to outlooks on SSE’s intention to close Fiddler’s Ferry coal plant.

According to GMB, the UK government should not allow Fiddler’s Ferry power plant to closure until there is new capacity to maintain electricity supply.

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The closure of the UK Fiddler’s Ferry plant is the latest example that the UK government has discarded ‘King Coal’ as part of the solution to the UK’s energy crisis, according to Unite.

SSE will enter into consultation with employees and stakeholders at Fiddler’s Ferry coal-fired power plant on a proposal to end commercial operations at three of the plant’s four units.

FirstEnergy reported its generation fleet has provided over 88.9 million MWh of electricity from its coal, natural gas, nuclear, oil, wind and hydro facilities in 2015.

The Global CCS Institute has introduced a CCS Fellowship Programme and selected its first Fellowship appointee.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd receives order for setting up a supercritical thermal power project involving one unit of the country’s highest rating 800 MW sets in Tamil Nadu, India.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from the latest power plant developments to outlooks on coal-fired power in the UK, India and Vietnam.

Mozambique coal power developer, Ncondezi Energy, has signed a joint development agreement with Chinese company, Shanghai Electric Power.

Aker Solutions has commenced a five-month test programme to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the municipality-operated waste-to-energy Klemetsrud plant in Oslo, Norway.

Three separate motions to stay implementation of the Clean Power Plan have been lodged with the US Supreme Court.

Carbon capture and storage has a crucial role to play in decarbonising the UK economy, according to an independent panel of experts.

GE wins deals to deliver 2.6 GW of power to two major power plants in China, supporting China’s commitment to efficiency and conservation.

GE is to upgrade generator and steam turbine assets to help Poland’s largest utility, PGE GiEK S.A., modernise its Turow power plant, resulting in a 45 MW output increase.