Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:39:54 +0000
The new administration is hell bent on re-opening coal fired generating stations in the US and building new ones in Africa.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:55:53 +0000
Chris Wright, the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Energy, has wasted no time in making his stance on energy policy clear. In his first major international speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Conference in London, he framed net-zero as an economic disaster and defended fossil fuel expansion. But … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 01:11:04 +0000
Definitions for “efficiency” vary depending on the context of energy discussions. Opinions range widely. Which is more efficient for a nation: renewables or fossil fuels? For advocates of fossil fuel power, global primary energy consumption hit historic highs in 2023, the hottest year on record, with oil and coal dominating … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:14:38 +0000
A rule of thumb I’ve been applying for a while is to look at what is succeeding in China in terms of clean technology. It tries everything that’s potentially viable domestically and fierce competition weeds out the winners from the losers. And on battery-electric buses vs hydrogen buses, and battery-electric … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:39:42 +0000
Several U.S. utilities in recent months have said they plan to keep coal-fired units in their generation fleets operating past their scheduled retirement dates, in most cases citing increased demand […]
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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:15:50 +0000
In response to Trump’s administration imposing new tariffs on Chinese goods, China has responded. However, make no doubt about it, China has been planning for this for a long time. “It’s aiming for finding measures that maximize the impact and also minimize the risk that the Chinese economy may face,” … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:23:50 +0000
This is absolutely bonkers. Even after a bonkers 12 months, or a bonkers 5 years, or a bonkers 9 years, they continue to shock. In particular, Elon Musk continues to shock. Regulations — Completely Gone, Eliminated, by Default Reportedly, Elon Musk said on a call early Monday morning, just after … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:00:59 +0000
Gross U.S. coal exports in June 2024 totaled 10 million short tons, the most in a month since October 2018, data from our Short-Term Energy Outlook data browser show. Annual average U.S. coal exports were 9.0 million short tons in 2024. U.S. coal exports have increased each year since 2020, when they averaged … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:16:15 +0000
Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power has proposed a pivot toward extending the life of several existing coal and natural gas-fired power plants into the late 2030s—well beyond previous retirement timelines—citing […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:51:33 +0000
Xcel Energy said the company’s coal-fired Harrington Generating Station in Amarillo, Texas should fully complete its transition to burning natural gas in May. Harrington, whose three units have 1,018 MW […]
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