Global coal power grew 2% last year, the most since 2016, survey says
The world’s coal-fired power capacity grew 2% last year, its highest annual increase since 2016, driven by new builds in China and decommissioning delays elsewhere, according to research published on Thursday.
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China vows to end funding for overseas coal power plants
Mining News Pro - China’s president Xi Jinping has pledged to stop backing new coal power plants overseas in a move that would cut off a key source of financing for projects involving the fossil fuel.
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India delays anti-pollution rules for coal power plants again
Mining News Pro - India’s environment ministry delayed anti-pollution guidelines for coal-fired power plants further, extending the compliance deadline by as long as two years.
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China’s new coal power plant capacity in 2020 more than three times rest of world’s: study
Mining News Pro - China put 38.4 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity into operation in 2020, according to new international research, more than three times the amount built elsewhere around the world and potentially undermining its short-term climate goals.
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Dubai gets Arab Gulf’s first, and perhaps last, coal power plant
Mining News Pro - The United Arab Emirates is set to become the first Arab Gulf country to generate electricity from coal. As governments increasingly turn to cleaner fuels and the price of renewable energy falls, it may also be the last.
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Global coal power falls for first time even as China builds more
Mining News Pro - Global coal-fired power capacity edged down for the first time on record in the first half of 2020 as retirements accelerated and the coronavirus saw new projects put on hold.
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Coal power generation continues to drop in the US
Mining News Pro - Coal power generation in the US continues to decline, according to a study by engineers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation.
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China boosting coal power despite global plea to cut emissions
Mining News Pro - Less than four years after China vowed to limit the use of coal and cancelled more than 100 coal power projects, a new study shows the nation — the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter — is back in love with the fossil fuel.
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Coal power plants face $7.3 billion losses in Europe in 2019
Mining News Pro - Coal power generators in Europe face 6.6 billion euros ($7.3 billion) of losses this year as plunging renewable energy costs and cheap natural gas cut use of the dirtiest plants to a record low.
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HELE technology to start a revival in US coal power
Mining News Pro - In America “Reinvigorating American Energy Infrastructure Act,” introduced by Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) on November 19, proposes to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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