NEWS & OPINION
Germany to import 45 million tonnes of hard coal this year
That’s according to data from lobby group VDKI, which showed this will be a 1.4% rise from 2018. Germany is expected to import 45 million tonnes of hard coal this...
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Refined coal production increases in United States
U.S. production of refined coal reached record highs in 2017 and production numbers are projected to increase even further in 2018, according to the Energy Information Administration. Through the first...
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German energy grids say plans ready for 100MW hydrogen plant
German power and gas grid firms Amprion and Open Grid Europe (OGE) said on Monday they would shortly apply to build the country’s first large hydrogen plant that can convert...
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UK: Government piles more money into carbon capture scheme
The government has announced a boost in funding for the low carbon sector, following a review and calls for additional money. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...
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China’s coal plants are nearly as clean as its gas plants after being outfitted with emissions reducing technology
A to the Chinese government this week, three quarters of the country’s coal power generation plants have been fitted with emission-reducing technology to make them among the world’s cleanest coal...
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Emission-reducing tech fitted to three-quarters of China’s coal plants
Beijing announced this week that while China may be the king of coal power, it at least has the cleanest coal plants, with three-quarters of its coal power plants now...
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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”