Coal Fired
Enel Chile fast tracks closure of last coal-fired plant
The Board of Directors of Enel Chile S.A. and Enel Generación Chile S.A.have decided to accelerate the closure of Bocamina coal-fired power plant.
Decentralized Energy
‘Germany’s coal-powered days are over’ says energy federation
The days of coal-powered generation are over in Germany, thanks in part to the COVID-19 crisis, according to the country’s renewable energy federation, the Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energie (BEE).
Emissions & Environment
Spain’s new climate law to ban new coal, oil and gas...
Teresa Ribera, the vice president and Minister of Ecology in Spain, has announced the country’s new proposed net-zero carbon plan.
Emissions & Environment
COVID-19 the ‘biggest shock to energy system’ in decades says IEA
The Covid-19 pandemic is the “biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades” according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.
Coal Fired
Great Britain sets no-coal record as pandemic reduces demand
Great Britain broke the record for the longest period of electricity generation without coal, according to energy data analyst EnAppSys.
Coal Fired
RWE, SSE shut coal plants – only four left in Britain
UK energy giants SSE and RWE have shut down their last two coal-fired plants in Warrington, Sheffield and Wales.
Coal Fired
Global coal capacity is booming thanks to China and Japan
Japan and China are becoming the drivers of new coal-fired capacity worldwide, even as the U.S. and Europe continue their move away from the power generation resource.
Coal Fired
Coal-fired power plants find new uses as data centres and clean...
A St Louis firm specializes in getting environmentally challenged properties ready for reuse, including coal plants.
As coal-fired power...
Coal Fired
New coal plants in India ‘unviable’ say economic analysts
India’s coal-fired power project pipeline is rapidly shrinking with 46 GW of cancellations in the last twelve months.
Asia
Chinese company dumps coal plants, moves aluminum production to hydro-rich Yunnan
Aluminum producer China Hongqiao Group is selling its coal-fired power generation assets, moving its manufacturing bases to Yunnan Province and taking advantage of low-cost hydroelectric resources
