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NEWS & OPINION
World Bank drops support for Kosovo’s controversial coal project
World Bank President Jim Kim said Wednesday that the institution will not move forward with a plan to support a 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Kosovo. The “Kosovo C” plant...
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South Africa: Medupi Unit 2 synchronised to the grid
Unit 2 of Eskom's Medupi power station has been synchronised to the electricity grid, eight months ahead of schedule."Eskom is pleased to announce that Unit 2 at Medupi Power Station...
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Egypt: Mohammed Shaker: addition of 3,250 MW to national grid in coming 2 years
The electricity and renewable energy sector has attracted Arab and foreign companies to invest in Egypt after providing promising opportunities and legislations necessary to complete the projects. Daily News Egypt...
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One of oldest coal companies in US files for bankruptcy
One of the oldest coal companies in the U.S. filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday to deal with more than $1.4 billion in debt amid declining demand for the fuel. Englewood,...
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Do away with fossil fuel in 30 years: Experts
The IPCC report said that average global temperatures could breach the 1.5 degree level as early as 2030. Soon after an IPCC report mentioned Kolkata among cities that could face...
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Coal giants to build 3GW of solar in India
Two of India’s coal giants will develop 3GW of solar in the country through a new joint venture company. NLC India and Coal India will invest around US$1.6 billion to...
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Improving power plant flexibility – paving the way for greening the Grid
The one-day conference was jointly organised by NTPC Limited and Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and gathered a few hundred delegates from the Indian power sector, Regulator and Ministers as well...
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Insights from ExPPERTS Europe
The 13th ExPPERTS Europe conference explored power plant emission reduction technologies and strategies, as a result of the need…
Highlights from the Eskom Research Conference
This two-day conference, the first for some years was held at the nationalised power generation company Eskom’s Academy of Learning, Midrand. The theme was the changing energy landscape and its impact on the power utility
A response to the BBC report, “China coal power building boom sparks climate warning”
The claim by CoalSwarm that 259 GW of coal plants are under construction in China could be a gross overestimation by 350%. Other authoritative sources such as the Platt’s World Electric Power Plant Database suggest
WORKSHOP ON COFIRING BIOMASS WITH COAL
Took place in Copenhagen, Denmark
11 – 13 September 2018