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EU research fund gave millions to coal projects in 2018
Recipients of the European Commission's Research Fund for Coal and Steel include German energy giant and ‘largest mining company in the EU’ An obscure EU fund invested millions in coal...
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South Africa: Government-owned entity in bid to acquire Optimum Coal assets
Government-owned coal company African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC) entered the bidding process for Optimum Coal assets, it said yesterday. AEMFC chief executive Sizwe Madondo said yesterday that the...
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USA: Longview raising capital for coal, gas, solar complex at existing W.Va. plant
Longview Power LLC, the company behind one of the newest and most efficient coal-fired power plants in the U.S., is seeking investors to help make the plant part of a...
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UK Clean Air Strategy could impact coal-to-biomass conversions
On Jan. 14, the U.K. government released its Clean Air Strategy following a draft proposal and public consultation launched in May 2018. The U.K. Renewable Energy Association said it welcomes...
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Pakistan: Fossil fuel-based power generation jumps 38 percent
The share of fossil fuel-based power generation has jumped by a whopping 38 percent since 2014-15, owing mainly to stagnation/reduction and no significant expansion in hydroelectric generation, The News learnt...
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USA: New electric generating capacity in 2019 will come from renewables and natural gas
According to EIA’s latest inventory of electric generators, 23.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity additions and 8.3 GW of capacity retirements are expected for the U.S. electric power sector in...
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A day at COP24
COP24 in Katowice, the coal heartland of Poland, had a distinctly different atmosphere from COP23, Bonn 2017, where there was a strong emphasis on renewables. First, it was held in a magnificent venue reminiscent of a massive coal mine…
Current and Future Challenges to Energy Security
Working for the IEA Clean Coal Centre makes for an interesting life. And certainly an interesting travel schedule. In the last two weeks I have been in Edinburgh, debating the potential for affordable carbon capture in the EU…
A Christmas mercury miracle
- when the data fit the model, and mercury emissions come for free Mercury is a menace. It is an environmental liability and global emissions of this toxic metal continue to...
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International CCUS conference in Edinburgh: Just do it!
“Without CCUS as part of the solution, reaching our international climate goals is practically impossible”