Companies running the UK’s three remaining coal-fired power stations have told Sky News that they will not be able to commit to new emergency power contracts next winter, despite a government request to do so. […]
Dive Brief: Nearly one-fourth of the current U.S. coal-fired fleet is scheduled to retire by 2029, providing opportunities to site advanced nuclear plants, specifically small modular reactors, or SMRs, a Washington, D.C. think tank says in […]
March 28, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Coal Report, and the U.S. Census Bureau In 2022, 84.8 million short tons (MMst) of coal were exported from the United States, relatively unchanged from […]
A new federal report disputes the claim that the United States will reach net-zero carbon emissions from power generation anytime soon. While the share of energy that comes from wind and solar will increase, the […]
A Minneapolis startup company wants to become a leader in the emerging carbon capture and storage market. Carba, co-founded by a University of Minnesota chemical engineering professor and a former student, has developed a […]
Illinois’ largest coal plant has been operating for over a decade without ever obtaining an operating permit required under the Clean Air Act, the Sierra Club alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court […]
News that the Pakistan government plans to secure financing and start construction on a long-stalled 300 megawatt coal-fired power plant in the port city of Gwadar has triggered a debate on the direction of the country’s energy […]
A 1.3GW coal-fired power plant is under construction at the former Yokosuka thermal power station site near the port of Kurihama, in the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Yokosuka is one of the 22 new coal-fired power […]
Emergency coal-fired electricity was used for the first time this winter to stave off the threat of blackouts after a cold snap and strikes in France stretched supplies. The fossil fuel accounted for almost 5pc […]
Soaring global energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and domestic supply disruption have prompted Beijing to step up its focus on energy security in recent years. The world’s second-biggest economy relied on coal to […]
Copyright © 2022 | Sandstone Group