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• Lack of coal boosts Slovenia’s power import dependency to 75%

  18 Oct 2022

  Thermal power plant TEŠ was shut down upon the recommendation of Slovenia’s transmission system operator ELES to save coal for the winter. At the same time, nuclear power plant Krško is in overhaul, so the country must cover 75% of its electricity needs from imports. . ...Read More

• World’s largest coal chemical project starts in Shaanxi

  18 Oct 2022

  The world’s largest coal chemical project under construction successfully kicked off a demonstration project in Yulin, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, with polyester grade ethylene glycol products rolling off production lines. The project is expected to lower the country’s imports of related products and improve the quality of high-end chemicals. . ...Read More

• China to increase coal production, but increasing wind, solar

  18 Oct 2022

  China's searing heat is drying up the critical Yangtze River, with water flow on its main trunk about 51 percent lower than the average over the last five years, state media outlet China News Service reported - Copyright AFP STR . ...Read More

• China Won’t Rush Its Clean Energy Transformation, Xi Says •

  17 Oct 2022

  China has invested more than any other country in clean energy . ...Read More

• Coal is going to be back again as gas becoming unaffordable: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

  17 Oct 2022

  • In an annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank, she cited Austria's example and claimed that the western world was moving to coal . ...Read More

• 'Terrible loss': World reacts to Türkiye's coal mine blast that killed 41

  17 Oct 2022

  Türkiye has received messages of condolence from around the world over a coal mine blast that killed at least 41 people. . ...Read More

• Green Future Is Cause For Worry In S.Africa's Coal Belt

  17 Oct 2022

  A morning briefing on what you need to know in the day ahead, including exclusive commentary from Barron's and MarketWatch writers. . ...Read More

• Cess on coal gasification may be waived

  14 Oct 2022

  Most of the coal produced in India is utilized in thermal power plants. mint . ...Read More

• Kosovo's power utility donates coal to its workers for heating

  14 Oct 2022

  In August Kosovo became the first country in Europe to introduce power cuts following insufficient domestic power production and government hesitation to buy expensive power in open market. In August Kosovo became the first country in Europe to introduce power cuts following insufficient domestic power production and government hesitation to buy expensive power in open market. At the open lignite mine, few kilometres from the capital Pristina, KEK workers rushed to check if their names are on the list and when the coal will be delivered as the noise from huge machines extracting the coal drowns out their loud complaints about why the process was taking so much time. Kosovo's government has ordered power utility KEK to give tens of thousands of tonnes of coal to its workers to heat their homes as the country braces itself for more power cuts during winter months. Some 3,600 workers will each get a truck of coal, around 10 tonnes, starting from this week. In August Kosovo became the first country in Europe to introduce power cuts following insufficient domestic power production and government hesitation to buy expensive power in open market. At the open lignite mine, few kilometres from the capital Pristina, KEK workers rushed to check if their names are on the list and when the coal will be delivered as the noise from huge machines extracting the coal drowns out their loud complaints about why the process was taking so much time. "This is a just and smart decision because workers are tired of these staggering price increases," said Qamil Pllana, who arrived at the mine to see when the coal will reach his home. . ...Read More

• Price rally spurs Australian coal expansion, risks climate goals

  14 Oct 2022

  Price rally spurs Australian coal expansion, risks climate goals Some miners have been using windfall to pay down debt, . ...Read More

• Thailand bets on coal despite long losing streak for communities

  14 Oct 2022

  • Despite its declaration of ambitious emissions reductions targets, Thailand is on track to build four new coal-fired power generators by 2034. . ...Read More

• Poland to buy Tauron's coal mining assets

  13 Oct 2022

  GDAŃSK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Polish utility Tauron (TPE.WA) said on Wednesday it will sell its coal mining subsidiary to Poland's Ministry of State Assets for a symbolic price of 1 zloty ($0.1999) as it pushes on with its green transformation. . ...Read More

• Re-energize India - Overcoming the Roadblocks to Renewable Success

  13 Oct 2022

  This webinar, organized by LONGi Solar in association with ETEnergyworld, will bring together experts of the field to brainstorm the ways forward to boost the renewable movement in the nation. Register Now . ...Read More

• Coal India, NLC India rope in BHEL to set up coal gasification based plants

  13 Oct 2022

  Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Coal India Limited (CIL), BHEL said it will jointly set up a coal to ammonium nitrate project based on gasification of high ash domestic coal. . ...Read More

• Southeast Asia’s Biggest Economy Needs $37 Billion to Shut Coal-Fired Plants

  13 Oct 2022

  • Indonesia could phase down from coal plants earlier by 2040 . ...Read More