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IEA to launch Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2014 on 15 December
The international launch of Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2014 Press webinar/teleconference On Monday, 15 December 2014, 3:00 p.m. Paris time Maria van der Hoeven Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) Keisuke Sadamori Director of Energy Markets and Security, IEA The Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2014 provides IEA forecasts on coal markets for the coming five years as well ...
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IEA to launch Medium-Term Coal Market Report on 18 December
Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2012: The Medium-Term Coal Market Report-2012 provides IEA forecasts on coal markets for the coming five years as well as an in-depth analysis of recent developments in global coal demand, supply and trade. The annual report shows that while coal continues to be a growing source of primary energy worldwide, its future is increasingly linked to non-OECD countries, ...
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IEA to launch Medium-Term Coal Market Report on 16 December
The international launch of Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2013 Press webinar on Monday 16 December 2013, 10:30 a.m. Paris time Maria van der Hoeven Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) Keisuke Sadamori Director of Energy Markets and Security, IEA The Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2013 provides IEA forecasts on coal markets for the coming five years as well as an in-depth ...
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Interior Department must stop coal industry giveaway
A scathing new Inspector General’s report on the Department of the Interior’s coal management program shows that the agency must act quickly to end improper giveaways to the coal industry, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Sharon Buccino, director of NRDC’s Land and Wildlife Program, made the following comment: “This report makes it clear: At a time ...
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EBRD loan to cut pollution in eastern Siberia
A 10-year $75 million EBRD loan will finance the construction of a combined heat and power plant in the east Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk which is expected to improve energy efficiency and cut pollution by 14 percent thanks to the use of more environmentally-friendly technologies. The borrower is TGK-13, a regional generating company controlled by Russia’s largest coal producer, SUEK. The EBRD ...
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China’s investment in renewables soars
China invested more than US$89 billion in renewable energy projects in the country in 2014 – a growth of 31% on the previous year, according to a detailed report on the country’s energy sector. The soaring increase is revealed in a report by the US government’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). But it adds that fossil fuels − particularly coal − still look ...
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US carbon dioxide pollution down 3.8 percent
The United States cut its energy-related carbon dioxide pollution by 3.8 percent last year, the second biggest drop since 1990, the Department of Energy said Monday. The only recent year with a bigger percentage drop was in 2009, when America was in a large recession. American cars and factories spewed 5.83 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2012, down from 6.06 billion in 2011. It is the lowest ...
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Monitor Tech awarded Heron Lake bio energy LLC project to replace trace environmental system.
Monitor Tech has been awarded the CEMS project to replace the traditional CEMS and Software installed by Trace environmental. Monitor Tech will be replacing the 02 dry, 02 wet, S02, NOx (with NO and N02) and CO monitors. Monitor Tech will also be replacing the Trace Environmental Software with our own preparatory software. Heron Lake Bio Energy LLC is located in Heron Lake, Minnesota. Heron Lake ...
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Nuclear disaster will shift $200 billion investment to fossil and renewables
In the next five years over $3 trillion will be invested in dynamic segments of the power, energy and water industries. However, forecasts regarding the division of this investment made just months ago are now revised to reflect lower investment in new nuclear power plants and higher investment in alternatives. This is the new conclusion in the McIlvaine continually updated online World Market ...
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Study: Your all-electric car may not be so green
People who own all-electric cars where coal generates the power may think they are helping the environment. But a new study finds their vehicles actually make the air dirtier, worsening global warming. Ethanol isn't so green, either. "It's kind of hard to beat gasoline" for public and environmental health, said study co-author Julian Marshall, an engineering professor at the University of ...
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The heat is on! New CHP plant in Germany runs solely on RDF
The heat is on! New CHP plant in Germany runs solely on RDF Investing in waste and resource management to support climate protection Stavenhagen, East Germany. This Wednesday the eagerly anticipated operation of the combined heat and power plant (CHP) has begun: From now on 250 tonnes a day of refuse derived fuel (RDF) is used as a substitute for primary energy sources such as oil or coal, ...
By Nehlsen AG
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Two new gas power stations given green light
Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Bourne has approved the construction of two gas-fired power generation plants by Progress Power Ltd in Eye, Suffolk, and by Hirwaun Power Limited near Aberdare in South Wales. Both sites will operate as ‘peaking’ plants; providing electricity when there is a surge in demand, or where there is a sudden drop in power being generated from other ...
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Global coal demand to reach 9 billion tonnes per year by 2019
Global demand for coal over the next five years will continue marching higher, breaking the 9-billion-tonne level by 2019, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its annual Medium-Term Coal Market Report released today. The report notes that despite China’s efforts to moderate its coal consumption, it will still account for three-fifths of demand growth during the outlook period. ...
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India to take green revolution to eastern drylands
India will plough US$86 million into extending its green revolution to the eastern drylands. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the country's 2010–11 budget in parliament today (26 February). Unlike the first phase of the country's green revolution — which introduced high-yielding wheat varieties that need a lot of irrigation, fertiliser and pesticide — India will now focus on ...
By SciDev.Net
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Australian Judge Blocks Coal Mine on Climate Grounds
SYDNEY, Australia, (ENS) - A New South Wales court ruling that a coal producer must include climate impacts of a proposed mine in its environmental assessment could impact a wide range of Australia's mining, energy and manufacturing industries. The New South Wales Land and Environment Court decided Tuesday that Centennial Coal Company Ltd, developer of the Anvil Hill mine, failed to ...
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State Energy Profiles enhanced and renewables sections added
As with national trends, the energy sectors in each state continue to experience rapid changes, including increased oil and natural gas production, new renewable electricity generation, and changing motor gasoline prices. With these and other energy trends in mind, the U.S. Energy Information Administration updated its State Energy Profiles, which are available through EIA's State Energy Portal. ...
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Tancoal sales for September lower than expected
Intra Energy Corporation has announced that Tancoal Energy, owned 70% by IEC and 30% by the National Development Corporation, established by the government of Tanzania, sold 50,724 tonnes of coal in September 2019, sales were lower than the 68,792 tonnes sold in September 2018. Sales were lower than the prior year due to loss of an export customer to South African coal due to the implementation ...
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Climate Concerns Rise Alongside Growing Global Coal Consumption
Global coal consumption rose 3 percent from 2012 to 2013, reaching over 3,800 million tons of oil equivalent (mtoe) in 2013. While the pace of growth is down from 7.1 percent in 2010, the continued increase in coal consumption and related carbon emissions is a cause for substantial concern among climate scientists. If this trend continues, attempts to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius ...
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BLM issues key approval for massive Wyoming wind farm
The largest onshore wind farm in development in the U.S. received two critical approvals from federal regulators last week, moves which could allow the first turbines to be constructed as early as next year. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency of the Department of Interior (DOI), approved the first 500-turbine phase of the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind project, a ...
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Federal Subsidy for New Coal Plant Challenged in Court
WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2007 (ENS) - Three conservation groups have filed a lawsuit over federal financing of a new coal-fired power plant in Montana that they claim would increase global warming for decades. The Rural Utilities Service, RUS, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced in May that it would fund 85 percent of the Highwood Generating Station near Great Falls, ...
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