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FirstEnergy abandons its 2030 climate target
FirstEnergy Corp has notified its shareholders that it has abandoned its aim of cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and will not now close its two coal-fired plants – Fort...
Germany ‘to miss coal phase-out target by eight years’
Germany's energy system is not expected to fully retire coal until the end of 2038 according to new projections from analyst Cornwall Insight. This challenges the coalition...
US solar and wind ‘to overtake coal-fired generation in 2024’ – EIA
The US Energy Information Administration expects, for the first year on record, that combined electricity generation from wind and solar will overtake generation from coal in 2024....
EC approves compensation for early phase-out of coal
Having approved in February a law that effectively bans the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to electric vehicles, the...
Uniper Heyden 4 to be retired permanently
Uniper will permanently decommission the Heyden 4 hard coal-fired power plant in Petershagen near Minden on September 30, 2024, in line with the company’s 2020 decision to...
Plan to re-purpose Pleasants power plant to fire H2
California-based Omnis Global Technologies is in negotiations to buy the 1300 MW coal fired Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia from Energy Transition and Environmental Management,...
Consumers Energy is to close Karn coal plants
Consumers Energy has marked a significant milestone in its ongoing project to shape Michigan's clean energy future with the formal closure of two Karn coal plants in Michigan's...
Largest Pennsylvania coal-fired PP to close by July
The US Energy Information Administration reports that after 54 years of providing power to Pennsylvania and New York, the Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania will close by...
Cancelling coal plants is cost-effective way ahead
The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), a leading energy and environment think tank based in Jakarta, Indonesia, has released a first-of-its-kind analysis, commissioned by...
Deepening rift between Green Party and climate movement in Germany
Online news agency Clean Energy Wire reports that the leadership of Germany’s Green Party has faced broad criticism from the climate movement for agreeing to the demolition of the...
MHI signs MoU to collaborate in ammonia co-firing studies
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in a feasibility study for the introduction of ammonia co-firing at a coal-fired thermal power...
World coal consumption reached a new high in 2022
Global coal demand increased only marginally in 2022 but enough to push it to an all-time high amid the energy crisis, according to a new International Energy Agency report,...
Uniper extends operation of Heyden 4 and Staudinger 5
Uniper is extending the market operation of the Heyden 4 and Staudinger 5 hard coal-fired power plants, a measure effective until 31 March 2024 at the latest.
Coal the largest source for generation for 15 states
In 15 US states last year, coal was used to generate more electricity than any other energy source. Twenty years earlier, in 2001, coal was the largest source of electricity generation...
Last coal plant in New Jersey demolished
The last remaining coal-fired power plant in the US state of New Jersey, Starwood Energy’s Logan PP, was demolished earlier this month as the state authorities move aggressively to...
23% of the US coal firing fleet to retire by 2029
Owing to continued competition from natural gas and renewable resources, 23% of the 200 568 MW of coal-fired capacity currently operating in the USA has reported plans to retire by...
Scholven C coal PP returns to the market
Uniper will operate its Scholven C hard-coal-fired power plant for longer than originally planned. The 345 MW hard coal-fired unit will continue to supply the Ruhr region from 31...
RWE to restart three lignite units
RWE announced on 29 September that it is to restart three lignite firing units that were previously on standby under the country’s policy to cut down on the use of...
‘2030 coal exit unachievable’ in Germany
The energy crisis is forcing Germany to rapidly rearrange its energy policy plans and will make a faster coal phase-out by 2030 impossible, says Stephan Weil, state premier of...
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