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• Why power spot markets are key to China’s new energy system

  12 Sep 2023

  Spot markets are crucial for establishing a unified electricity market, which would promote renewable development and reduce reliance on new coal power. . ...Read More

• Poland has no plans to quickly cease hard coal production: Minister of State Assets

  12 Sep 2023

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• Mongolia exports 40.9 million tons of coal since beginning of this year

  12 Sep 2023

  AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia sold 40.9 million tons of hard coal in January-August, which is 2.8 times more than in the same period in 2022. . ...Read More

• Kyrgyzstan bans coal exports by truck for six months before start of heating season

  12 Sep 2023

  The Government of Kyrgyzstan has imposed a six-month ban on exports of coal by truck according to a decree signed by Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov, Azernews reports, citing Interfax. . ...Read More

• China's major goods imports up Jan-Aug

  11 Sep 2023

  BEIJING: China's imports of major commodities, including coal, crude oil and natural gas, saw a significant increase in the first eight months of the year, amid the country's continuous economic recovery, customs data showed. . ...Read More

• Colombia mulls future of massive coal mine as water dries up

  11 Sep 2023

  El Cerrejon is the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America, stretching over 69,000 hectares across a harsh landscape that is also home to the semi-nomadic Wayuu tribe, who live in huts and survive off ranching, small-scale agriculture, and fishing. . ...Read More

• Brazil's Eletrobras sells its only coal-fired asset to Ambar Energia

  11 Sep 2023

  SAO PAULO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian power company Eletrobras ELET6.SA said on Friday it has agreed to sell its Candiota thermoeletric power plant, the group's only coal-fired asset, to Ambar Energia at an equity value of 72 million reais ($14.47 million). . ...Read More

• G20 to accelerate coal power reduction; aims to triple RE capacity

  11 Sep 2023

  "We will pursue and encourage efforts to triple renewable energy capacity globally through existing targets and policies...in line with national circumstances by 2030," said the declaration. . ...Read More

• Report: South Korea and Australia remain world’s top producers of emissions from coal

  08 Sep 2023

  https://www.power-technology.com/news/australia-south-korea-top-coal-power-emissions-g20/ . ...Read More

• Smart energy powers China's green development

  08 Sep 2023

  Staff members work at the command center of Malan coal mine of Shanxi Coking Coal Xishan Coal Electricity Group Co., Ltd. in Gujiao City, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Xuetao) . ...Read More

• Some coal power plants may be labelled ‘green’ in revised classification

  08 Sep 2023

  Experts have criticised the idea and said such a move would be a major step back in the country's commitment to limit carbon emissions. . ...Read More

• G20 Summit 2023: Members Agree To Phase Down Unabated Coal Power At Sherpa Meet

  08 Sep 2023

  India’s proposal to expand “phasedown of unabated coal power” to “phase-down of fossil fuel” ran into stiff opposition from Saudi Arabia and Russia . ...Read More

• Indonesia slashes coal power plant output ahead of ASEAN summit

  07 Sep 2023

  • A woman leads her goats as Suralaya coal power plant looms in the background in Cilegon, Indonesia, January 8, 2023 (AP) . ...Read More

• Steel mills hike prices for September deliveries on better domestic demand, higher coal costs

  07 Sep 2023

  This is the first major price hike that mills have initiated since the beginning of this fiscal in April . ...Read More

• India's power emissions will surpass Europe's permanently, complicating the battle against climate change: Maguire

  07 Sep 2023

  If Europe continues to pare fossil fuel use while India extends its heavy reliance on coal for power, India's power sector emissions will likely consistently exceed all of Europe's within the coming years, and emerge as a leading global source of climate-warming pollution. . ...Read More