Gas generation to replace most thermal coal capacity Capacity factors at remaining coal plants unlikely to increase Demand for US thermal coal will “erode significantly” between 2020 and 2030 as Continue Reading
After riding China’s demand train for nearly two decades, Asia’s coal industry is looking to a future of smaller markets and slimmer pickings, as buying declines in the world’s second-biggest Continue Reading
Chubb is set to become the first of the big US insurers to announce a ban on coverage for coal companies. There has been a growing movement in Europe to stop Continue Reading
UK energy provider SSE Plc said on Thursday that it is proposing to close its last coal-fired power plant in the country by March 2020, amid a national and international Continue Reading
Three U.S. senators on Monday urged the Internal Revenue Service to crack down on a $1 billion-a-year subsidy for burning chemically treated refined coal after a new study showed some Continue Reading
Former New York City mayor and climate change crusader Michael Bloomberg announced Friday he is giving $500 million to a campaign to finish killing coal and start killing oil and Continue Reading
Highlights Met coal exports total 4.2 million mt; Brazil top destination Bituminous coal exports total 2.7 mil mt; India top destination Houston — US coal exports totaled 7.52 million mt Continue Reading
In its latest energy investment report , the International Energy Agency said energy companies continued investing in coal as demand for electricity continued growing fast and renewable and nuclear capacity Continue Reading
New York environmental regulators adopted rules to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that will force generators to stop burning coal in the state by the end of 2020. Continue Reading
US coal production in 2019 will total 699.8 million st, the US Energy Information Administration forecast Tuesday, increasing its projection 2.3% from April. EIA’s May Short-Term Energy Outlook shows 2019 Continue Reading
