coal producing News
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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, ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
Chinese Pump Revenues to Exceed $8 Billion in 2014
Industrial pump purchases in China will rise from $7.4 billion this year to over $8 billion in 2014 for an increase of eight percent. This is the latest forecast in Pumps World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company (www.mcilvainecompany.com). Municipal water and wastewater will be the leading application segments. China is rapidly building its water infrastructure. It is also adding ...
-
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 ...
-
The World’s Coal Consumption is Set to Reach a New High in 2022
Global coal demand is set to increase only marginally in 2022 but enough to push it to an all-time high amid the energy crisis, according to a new IEA report, which forecasts the world’s coal consumption will remain at similar levels in the following years in the absence of stronger efforts to accelerate the transition to clean energy. Global coal use is set to rise by 1.2% in 2022, surpassing 8 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
Analysis: U.S. is on Track to Close Half of Its Coal-Fired Generation Capacity by 2026
The United States is quickly approaching an electricity sector milestone: in 2026, half of the coal-fired generation capacity will have closed since it peaked in 2011, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). This is now the earliest date for this milestone since IEEFA began closely tracking coal-plant retirements, and it has moved up ...
-
Africa Downunder Renewable Energy Conference 2015
Clarke Energy is attending the Africa Downunder conference on 2nd- 4th September 2015 in Pan Pacific Perth and Novotel Perth Langley, Western Australia. The positive, changing face of the African continent is continuing to attract the lion’s share of global exploration dollars as prospectors zoom in on its untold mineral riches. Countries such as Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
-
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
-
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. ...
-
UK opens first coal mine in decades
The first deep mine colliery in over 30 years is set to be opened in West Cumbria in the near future, after the government declined to intervene over the plans and delegated responsibility to the local council. The project had been greenlighted by local authorities in March of this year, but a backlash among environmentalists had caused the government to consider blocking its development. ...
-
Whitfield/Manchin Bill Would Block EPA Safeguards Against Carbon Pollution
Legislation sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVA) would block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from issuing safeguards to protect the public from carbon pollution, and the Natural Resources Defense Council strongly opposes it, David Hawkins, NRDC’s director of climate programs, said today in prepared congressional testimony. The proposal would ...
-
RTO cleans methane from coal mining
Using a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer to convert methane into carbon dioxide may prove a deterrent to Global Warming. Everybody's talking about clean coal. Vanishing are the images of smog-filled towns and blackened valleys of soot that made coal a byword for dirty fuel. In fact, like it or not, coal still produces about half of U.S.-produced electricity and about a quarter of the electricity ...
-
Old King Coal is sick – but not yet dying
A global investigation into every coal-fired power plant proposed in the last five years shows that only one in three of them has actually been built. Researchers say that for each new plant constructed somewhere in the world, two more have been shelved or cancelled. They say this rate is significantly higher in Europe, South Asia, Latin America and Africa. In India, since 2012 six plants have ...
-
Global Coal Demand Expected to Decline in Coming Years
After reaching an all-time high this year, global coal demand is expected to decline to 2026, according to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) annual coal market report – the first time that the report has predicted a drop in global coal consumption over its forecast period. Coal 2023 sees global demand for coal rising by 1.4% in 2023, surpassing 8.5 billion tonnes for ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you