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• After £9bn renovation, London’s Battersea Power Station reopens

  10 Oct 2022

  Four decades later, the Battersea power station of London will finally reopen with over-the-top renovations. It will be interesting to see how this glitzy project will turn out while the United Kingdom finance department struggles. . ...Read More

• After shortage of coal, now a problem of plenty

  10 Oct 2022

  • Coal India's imported coal is lying at the ports, awaiting buyers. . ...Read More

• Judge says laws propping up Montana coal plant are illegal

  10 Oct 2022

  A U.S. magistrate judge has declared unconstitutional two Montana laws that sought to prevent the closure of a coal-fired power plant by subjecting its out-of-state owners to steep fines if they wouldn't pay long-term maintenance and operating costs. . ...Read More

• Poland allows use of brown coal to heat homes amid supply crisis

  30 Sep 2022

  An excavator operates at a coal depot in the village of Libun, as the winter heating season approaches amid soaring energy prices, near the town of Jicin, Czech Republic, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo . ...Read More

• Queensland, Australia, Vows to Turn Coal Plants Into Renewable Energy Hubs by 2035

  30 Sep 2022

  A coal-fired plant in Queensland, Australia. Auscape / Universal Images Group via Getty Images . ...Read More

• India, Russia to discuss energy security as oil, coal trade soars

  30 Sep 2022

  The SCO originated in the 1990s with a security agreement between Russia, China and ex-Soviet states in central Asia. India and Pakistan joined five years ago, making it the world's biggest regional organisation, comprising 40% of the world's population and more than half of the Eurasian land mass. . ...Read More

• Coal-fired power capacity doubles in Bangladesh

  30 Sep 2022

  Bangladesh's total power generation capacity is currently 21,710 MW, according to official government data. The new plants will add almost 20% of new capacity, taking the total to 26,075 MW, and raise coal-fired capacity to 6,033 MW or 23.13% of the total from 1,688 MW or 8% currently. . ...Read More

• High price of coal to adversely impact profitability of domestic non-ferrous metal cos: Icra

  28 Sep 2022

  The high price of coal will adversely impact the profitability of domestic non-ferrous metal companies mainly operating in the aluminium and zinc space . ...Read More

• RWE readying three brown coal plants for restart from early October

  28 Sep 2022

  FRANKFURT, Sept 26 (Reuters) - German power generator RWE (RWEG.DE) on Monday said it is preparing three brown coal-to-power production units, Neurath C and Niederaussem E and F, for a restart under a relevant law to help ensure enough capacity in winter. . ...Read More

• Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

  28 Sep 2022

  On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. . ...Read More

• World's first 50,000-ton coal-based biodegradable material project starts operation

  28 Sep 2022

  The coal-based polyglycolic acid (PGA) demonstration project with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons . ...Read More

• Coal phaseout in India could make electricity cost 40 per cent less …

  26 Sep 2022

  New Delhi: A new research article published in a peer-reviewed journal shows that India could cut its electricity costs by about 40 per cent with a rapid transition of its power sector from coal to renewables by 2050. The study, . ...Read More

• India fast catching up with China in coal imports

  26 Sep 2022

  India is fast catching up with China in its thermal coal imports, as the world's two biggest overseas buyers of the power generation fuel adjust purchases to align them with the varying trajectories of their economic growth. . ...Read More

• Sri Lanka to call for immediate tender on Tue to procure coal

  26 Sep 2022

  Sri Lanka will be calling for an immediate tender on Tuesday (Sep. 27) to procure coal for the Lakvijaya power plant in Norochcholai after the coal tender that was awarded on August 25 was cancelled, says General Manager of Lanka Coal Company, Namal Hewage. . ...Read More

• EU removes sanctions on Russian coal and timber

  26 Sep 2022

  As the war in Ukraine began, European nations imposed sanctions on Russia to hurt it economically and financially. In the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, the European Union (EU) banned all imports of Russian coal. The ban was agreed upon in April with the import wind-down period ending on 10 August. . ...Read More