South Korea remains the weakest performer within OECD in terms of renewables’ penetration into the national energy matrix, merely 5% of its electricity generation boils down to green energy. Apart Continue Reading
Weekly US thermal coal production was estimated to be more than 11.5 million st in the week ended March 13, down 2.4% from the previous week and up 15.2% from Continue Reading
The world’s fifth-largest coal exporter, Colombia, is confident that continued coal demand in Asia will warrant Colombian government support to the industry for at least two more decades, even after Continue Reading
State miner Coal India has approved as many as 32 new coal mining projects worth a total investment of US$6.4 billion, as one of the world’s largest coal consumers looks Continue Reading
There is optimism for coal markets in 2021, but the extent of it remains unknown given competing factors and continued economic uncertainty, Andy Blumenfeld, heads of market analytics at IHS Continue Reading
The US is estimated to produce 581.2 million st of coal in 2021, the Energy Information Administration said in a March 9 report, lowering its monthly estimate for the fourth Continue Reading
Despite the Feb. 14 winter storm’s triple-digit natural gas prices, massive gas-fired generation outages, soaring power prices and rolling blackouts in the southern Great Plains of the US, coal-fired generation Continue Reading
Highlights Q4 deliveries at 3.31 mil st, down 23.8% on year CAPP barge deliveries rise to one-year high in Q4 Coal deliveries from Central Appalachia mines to US power plants Continue Reading
Private equity firms are proving there’s still plenty of profit in the U.S. coal industry despite a decade of falling demand for fossil fuel. They are spending billions of dollars Continue Reading
Weekly US coal train loadings averaged 57.9 trains/day in the week ended Feb. 19, down 9.3 trains/day from the previous week and down 15.3 trains/day from the year-ago week, Surface Continue Reading
The Komati Power Station, due to be decommissioned in the next two years. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg A photograph in the entrance hall at Komati Power Station shows the plant in Continue Reading
India’s use of coal may have peaked in 2018, according to a new report by U.K.-based clean energy group Ember. That’s sooner than many experts have forecast. The share of the dirtiest Continue Reading
Weekly US coal production fell to 10.89 million st in the week ended Feb. 6, down 2.3% from a week earlier and 7.1% lower than the year-ago week, according to Continue Reading
The share of energy generated from coal has dropped more sharply during the coronavirus pandemic than that of any other power source, according to a new report on Monday that looked Continue Reading
As the world increases its Net Zero and decarbonization efforts, many Energy Transition technologies are being introduced to meet the Paris Agreement’s global temperature targets, an agreement which the U.S Continue Reading
The world is moving steadily away from coal. The emissions-heavy fossil fuel is public enemy number one in many, if not most, clean energy and climate smart initiatives and campaigns, Continue Reading
The US is estimated to produce 589.2 million st of coal in 2021, the Energy Information Administration said in a Feb. 9 report, lowering its monthly estimate for the third Continue Reading
Construction of a coal mine that threatened U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim to be a world leader in the fight against climate change is under review after growing opposition. The Continue Reading
US coal exports fell to a four-year low 62.66 million mt in 2020, down 25.6% from 84.23 million mt exported in 2019 and the second-lowest figure in the last 11 Continue Reading
Coal mines in Central Appalachia produced over a 37-year low 46.04 million st in 2020, down 36.7% from 72.7 million st produced in 2019 and the lowest on record, dating Continue Reading
Weekly US production was estimated to be over 11.1 million st in the week ended Jan. 30, down 3.5% from the previous week and down 10.8% from the year-ago week, Continue Reading
As the U.K. prepares to host the next round of major global climate talks in November, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has adopted the most ambitious emissions-reduction goal among large Continue Reading
Northern Appalachia coal production tumbled to 77.95 million st in 2020, down 26.7% from 106.38 million st produced in 2019 and the lowest on record, dating back to 1984, data Continue Reading
Elk and pronghorn antelope migrate each fall through southern Wyoming, where the sparsely vegetated landscape slowly gives way to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Interrupting this serene vista is Continue Reading
Despite the retirement of 131.8 GW of coal-fired generation capacity since 2010, about 225.3 GW of such capacity remains operating today, led by Texas, Indiana and West Virginia, and replacing Continue Reading
Powder River Basin coal production totaled over 42.1 million st in the fourth quarter of 2020, down 29.6% from the previous quarter and down 41.7% from the year-ago quarter, Mine Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil Corp. pledged to spend $3 billion on low-emission technologies through 2025 to address investor concerns over its environmental record, unveiling a plan that comprises several projects that have Continue Reading
Tampa Electric saw its coal burn fall to 431,512 st in 2020, down 14.4% from the 503,880 st expected for the period and 24.3% lower than the 570,012 st burned Continue Reading
After loading up with coal the DZ Weihai slipped into the turquoise waters off the coast of Australia this month and began a 14-day voyage to the southern Chinese port Continue Reading
Elon Musk said he plans to donate $100 million toward a prize for the best carbon capture technology, weeks after he became the world’s richest person. Musk made the announcement Thursday Continue Reading
Weekly US coal carloads totaled 57,665 in the week ended Jan. 16, down 5.1% from the previous week, Association of American Railroads data showed Jan. 20. From the year-ago week, Continue Reading
Using technology to suck carbon dioxide out of the sky has long been dismissed as an impractical way to fight climate change — physically possible, but far too expensive to Continue Reading
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance will invest $204 million to speed up the process of ramping up production at its new Caval Ridge coking coal processing plant in Queensland, Australia, to Continue Reading
Deep in the Permian Basin, America’s biggest oilfield, Occidental Petroleum Corp. plans to build a facility that it believes could change the way the world thinks about fossil-fuel emissions. The globe’s Continue Reading
Highlights 2021 production estimate to rise from 55-year low in 2020 Coal to make up 22.4% of 2021 power share, 24.1% in 2022 Houston — The US is estimated to Continue Reading
An international team of researchers demonstrated that pulverized coal powder can be converted into high-value nano-graphite in just 15 minutes. In a study published in the journal Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects Continue Reading
Highlights Year-on-year output down 18.5% Output from all major basins jump on week Houston — Weekly US coal production was estimated to be over 9.8 million st in the week Continue Reading
As 2020 meant a slowdown in coal production and use, experts and governments were confident that the industry would pick up again as pandemic restrictions eased. However, going into 2021, Continue Reading
Weekly US coal production was estimated at nearly 11 million st in the week ended Dec. 19, down 2.6% from the year-ago week, US Energy Information Administration data showed Dec. Continue Reading
Highlights Coal generation at six-month low in October Renewable generation share of 19.3% in October Houston — US coal-fired power generation totaled 59.8 TWh in October, down 12.5% from September, Continue Reading
Seafarers stuck for months on vessels carrying Australian coal off China’s coast are trapped between authorities who won’t let them unload their cargoes and buyers who won’t let them leave. Continue Reading
Things may be looking up for Canadian oil, but improving on something as dismal as the condition of our northern neighbors’ oil sector doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be going gangbusters–it Continue Reading
Global coal demand is poised to rebound next year as the economy recovers and the U.S. and Europe may see the first increase in consumption in several years, the International Continue Reading
The future of coal looks like an ice-cream truck parked half a kilometer down a mine shaft in China’s Shanxi province. The yellow-and-white vehicle is equipped with a 5G router Continue Reading
The struggling U.S. coal industry, decimated by falling demand for the fuel from the power generation sector, and hit hard by low prices during the coronavirus pandemic, saw two more Continue Reading
Australian and Japanese companies are studying plans to capture carbon dioxide from industrial emitters in Asia and store it under the ocean floor off the coast of Australia. Perth-based Transborders Continue Reading
US thermal and metallurgical coal exports totaled about 4.6 million mt in October, down 6.1% from the previous month, US Census data released Dec. 4 said. From the year-ago month, Continue Reading
Weekly US coal production was estimated at 10.6 million st in the week ended Nov. 28, down 5.2% from the previous week, Energy Information Administration data showed Dec. 3. Receive Continue Reading
Declining coal demand across several sectors, especially electricity generation, has led to a 28-percent slump in U.S. coal mining productive capacity since the peak in 2009, the Energy Information Administration Continue Reading
With the shift to cleaner power sources displacing workers in coal-reliant communities, one of the largest US trade unions for the utility sector hopes that President-elect Joe Biden will expand Continue Reading
