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• Global Coal Use at Power Plants to Peak in 2023, Rystad Says

  05 Dec 2023

  Dirtiest fossil fuel is being displaced by renewables . ...Read More

• Coal supplies to Kyrgyzstan significantly decreased

  05 Dec 2023

  Coal imports to Kyrgyzstan have almost halved. The National Statistical Committee provided such data, Azernews reports, citing 24.kg News Agency. . ...Read More

• Coal India to boost mechanized evacuation capacity, invests ₹24,750 crore in connectivity projects

  05 Dec 2023

  The project is spread across three phases. Phase-I involves 35 projects, with a capital outlay of ₹10,750 crore, and aims for completion by FY 24-25. Of these, 9 projects with a cumulative capacity of 127 MTPA are already commissioned. . ...Read More

• Opinion: US wind power generation on course to surpass coal: Maguire

  05 Dec 2023

  Coal-fired power remains the second largest source of US electricity behind natural gas, and over the first 10 months of 2023 coal-fired output was roughly 60% greater than total generation from wind sources, data from think tank Ember shows. . ...Read More

• Vietnam charts uncertain coal path as finance falls short

  04 Dec 2023

  Vietnam’s just energy transition partnership plan has no timeline for retiring coal, as backers offer mainly commercial loans, not grants . ...Read More

• India's coal production reaches 11.94 MT, dispatch at 12.92 MT in November

  04 Dec 2023

  Looking at the broader period from April to November 2023, the upward trend in coal production and dispatch from captive and commercial coal blocks is evident. . ...Read More

• Indonesia, ADB, owners agree to shutter first coal-fired power station early

  04 Dec 2023

  We're very much shaping this as something we want to take to other countries." ADB also has active ETM programmes in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, t . ...Read More

• India refrained from signing on global renewable energy pledge at COP28 over coal phase-out terms: Sources

  04 Dec 2023

  India and China both on Saturday refrained from signing the pledge at the COP28 climate summit to triple the world's renewable energy capacity by 2030 even though New Delhi already committed to it as part of its G20 presidency. . ...Read More

• AmpIn Energy to invest Rs 3,100 cr for 600 MW RE projects in eastern India

  04 Dec 2023

  Renewable energy transition platform, AmpIn Energy Transition has planned Rs 3,100 crore investments in eastern India to set up renewable energy (RE) projects of around 600 megawatts (MW) and an integrated manufacturing facility of solar cells & modules, according to a top company official. . ...Read More

• Thermal Coal Prices Expected to Remain Weak in 2024

  27 Nov 2023

  Thermal coal prices are expected to continue their decline for the remainder of 2023 and into 2024 due to oversupply in the Chinese market. The surge in domestic production and increased imports have led to an abundance of coal, resulting in lower prices. Australian coal prices experienced an 8% decrease in the third quarter of 2023 and a 31% drop in the second half of the year. South African coal prices followed a similar trend. . ...Read More

• Climate protest: More than 100 arrested at world's largest coal port

  27 Nov 2023

  A two-day blockade of the world's largest coal port has triggered 109 arrests. . ...Read More

• Only seven out of 14 projects profitable: CCL

  27 Nov 2023

  Ranchi: B Veera Reddy, the chairman cum managing director of the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), on Saturday said the Ranchi-based central PSU will be gunning for increasing its underground coal mining production in the next five years in a bid to align with Coal India Limited’s environment sustainability goals. “Only seven out of 14 coal projectsare profit making. . ...Read More

• Coal price cap ‘must be revoked’ for energy transition

  27 Nov 2023

  Under current conditions, coal-fired generation typically is far cheaper and is therefore the state-owned electricity company's preferred power source. . ...Read More

• World Coal Association transforms into FutureCoal; to create a sustainable roadmap

  21 Nov 2023

  FutureCoal Founding Director and Vice Chairman Stepan Solzhenitsyn emphasised that this metamorphosis signifies a crucial juncture for the industry at large . ...Read More

• Tangedco gets centre’s nod to import 5 lakh tonnes of coal from Indonesia

  21 Nov 2023

  As per the Fuel Supply Agreement, we will receive 60,000 tonnes of coal. But, with a surge in coal demand nationwide, Tangedco finds itself receiving only 40,000 tonnes from Odisha. . ...Read More