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COAL ENERGY

Coal is the largest source of fuel for the generation of electricity worldwide, as well as the largest worldwide source of carbon dioxide emissions. The coal industry is being challenged by environmentalists, who say there is no such things a “clean” coal technology and promoting greener forms of electricity generation. This topic covers the latest on coal energy and the industry behind the world’s electricity.

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Clean Tech can chase coal ash runoff | CleanTechies Blogmore

Just when you thought the future was in carbon capture and sequestration (and that’s true), comes more information from...

Platts - Power Lines: Google NOT, 'God forbid, the next Enron'more

Google just got a little more specific about its plans for using the authority it has from the Federal Energy...

Platts feature: East European New Power Generation: Investors rethink ...more

The Energy in East Europe (EiEE) Power Plant Tracker -- a collaboration between Platts Editorial and its data...

Obama eulogizes Upper Big Branch miners, calls for tougher lawsmore

President Barack Obama on Sunday eulogized 29 coal miners killed earlier in April in a West Virginia blast and said...

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A Team of Rivals: The United States and China on Energymore

Coal is the largest single driver of global warming, and the United States and China are the biggest drivers of coal.

Clean Coal in China: Why It’s a Non-Startermore

According to conventional wisdom, clean coal is the great hope for China, and China is the great hope for clean coal.

How Existing Coal Plants Can Best Cut Carbon Emissions | The Green Eco...more

A new MIT Energy Initiative report outlines clear steps the nation must take to develop cost-effective options for...

Platts podcast: Bearish picture for European power and gas pricesmore

In this Platts podcast, Henry Edwardes-Evans, Managing Editor for Platts Power in Europe, discusses European power...

China's entrance into U.S. coal market could bolster local industrymore

NORFOLK — The Maddalena D'Amato sluggishly pushed away from Norfolk Southern's Pier 6 in Norfolk Wednesday evening,...

The Future of Electric Power: Changing the Energy Mixmore

By Rachel Z. Arndt and John Carey Changing the Energy Mix These are challenging times to be a CEO in the utility sector.

China Growth Path Could Exceed Planet's Resourcesmore

If China's economy continues to expand rapidly and rely heavily on coal and other fossil fuels until the middle of the...

Video: Too Dirty For College | CleanTechies Blogmore

A new advertising campaign was launched by the Sierra Club recently as part of their Campuses Beyond Coal Campaign,...

Capitalist Coal versus Socialist Electricitymore

Last month, Chinese media outlets reported that over 3 million tons of coal had been piled up in the port at Guangzhou,...

Feature: Coking coal spot prices make further declinesmore

Spot metallurgical coal prices made further three-month declines of about 17% for some benchmark grades after the huge...

Japanese Steel Companies Agree to 57% Cut in Coal Pricesmore

TOKYO -- Japanese steel makers and BHP Billiton Ltd. have agreed to an almost 60% reduction in the price of coal for...

Platts Feature: Asian buyers see Australian and Indonesian coal prices...more

After several weeks of questioning where coal prices are headed, Asian thermal coal buyers are now convinced of a short...

China Seeks More Clean Energy Integrationmore

Relying on coal for roughly 80% of its power generation (using more than the U.S., the European Union and Japan,...

China’s Windswept Plains Called Key to CO2-Free Powermore

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Barren, windy stretches of the Tibetan plateau and grasslands in northeastern China hold...

Cost of Solar Power in Italy Could Soon Rival Coal-Generated Power | C...more

Southern Italy, with it abundant sunshine and high electricity tariffs from coal-generated power plants, could by 2010...

Coal Industry Inserts Carbon Capture Provision in Climate Bill | Clean...more

A powerful coal-state Democrat has inserted a 24-page provision into the U.S. Congress’s proposed cap-and-trade bill...

China Shuts Small Plantsmore

BEIJING -- China's government said it shut down many of its smaller and dirtier power plants nearly two years ahead of...

Wind Energy: Bird kills on the radar | CleanTechies Blogmore

A colleague of mine said to me recently, “No energy is clean energy.” Which got me thinking. Of course, Clean Coal...

Coal and the Road to Copenhagen: Win $10k for Clean Energy Project | C...more

Transitioning away from coal-production towards cleaner forms of energy is a major concern shared by...

‘NIMBY’ attitude stalling U.S. growth, says AEP Chairman, Michael Morr...more

There is constant global media coverage on the urgency to use renewable energy to power our homes. Utility leaders seem...

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