A crisis with no urgency: Eskom
South Africa has many challenges but perhaps the most emblematic is Eskom and the country’s power sector.
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Call to cancel new coal facilities globally as renewables ‘out-compete’ on cost
Coal power developers risk wasting hundreds of billions of pounds as new renewables are now cheaper than new coal plants around the world, a report warns.
Energy sector carbon emissions fall to lowest level since 1990
Last year saw the biggest falls in global electricity generation from coal and power sector carbon emissions since at least 1990, analysis suggests.
Sale of most polluting wood and coal burned at home to be phased out
The sale of the most polluting fuels burned in household stoves and open fires will be phased out from next year in England to clean up the air, the Government has said.
Report hails progress in UK’s move towards renewables
The UK’s move towards renewable energy sources has helped drive a faster rate of decarbonisation in the past decade than anywhere else in the world, according to a new study.
US-China deal provides boost for energy exports
A deal by the US and China goes some way to ending the two-year trade war, with particular support in the agreement for agriculture and energy exports.
Trafigura invests in Malian sunshine
Trafigura has made its first investment in solar power in Africa, via PASH Global, buying a stake in a Malian project.
US eyes exports of coal, LNG to Africa
The US is eager to export LNG and coal to African states, US Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg told the Africa Oil Week conference.
Coal in retreat worldwide as renewable energy costs drop
From the Rocky Mountains to the Rhineland and Australia’s Great Dividing Range, the great tide of the coal industry is receding.
UK’s last coal-fire power plants ‘disappearing fast’
After powering the British economy for centuries, coal is a dying breed in the nation’s energy mix.
Analyst predicts ‘massive investments’ for UK renewables sector
An analyst has predicted “massive investments” for the UK’s renewables sector between now and 2030.
Billionaire US coal baron Chris Cline dies in helicopter crash
Christopher Cline, the billionaire coal tycoon best known for reviving Illinois’s mining industry and making a fortune doing it, died in a helicopter crash Thursday -- just a day shy of his 61st birthday.
Closure of coal-fired power station announced
One of the UK's biggest energy firms is to close its last coal-fired power station, threatening the loss of almost 160 jobs.
UK grid goes coal-free for first full week since Industrial Revolution
Britain's electricity grid has gone a full week without coal for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, the system operator has confirmed.
Shell breaks mould with deal linking gas prices to coal
Royal Dutch Shell Plc agreed to sell liquefied natural gas to a Japanese utility at prices that include a link to coal, the latest innovation in the booming LNG market where buyers are seeking to diversify risks.
Figures show record renewable supplies as coal decline continues
Renewable power rose to record highs last year, supplying well over a quarter of the UK's electricity, as coal continued to decline, official figures show.
Coal’s run of success in Europe clobbered by energy policies
Coal’s three-year run of blistering gains in Europe is set to end, clobbered by a combination of weakening demand and energy polices aimed at phasing out the dirtiest fossil fuel.
Global bankers spurn Trump’s pleas to keep making loans for coal
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to recruit international lenders to his pro-coal crusade.
Coal-hungry Germany not as green as it might seem
A recent return to Leipzig reminded me why “going green” in Germany has been a lot more difficult than the rhetoric would sometimes suggest.
Coal question looms large as climate talks begin in Poland
Negotiators from around the world have opened the United Nations' annual climate change conference in Poland, three years after sealing a landmark deal in Paris that set a goal of keeping global warming well below 2C (3.6F).
Coal pollution to surge in UK if Brexit comes without deal
Britain’s pollution levels would probably rise if the country crashes out of the European Union without a deal, breaching a key pledge Prime Minister Theresa May has made to rein in emissions.
BOOM: Towers blown up at Scotland’s last coal power station
Coal towers at Longannet, Scotland's last coal-fired power station, have been demolished on behalf of ScottishPower.
Where cheap power matters more than risk of climate disaster
Few places better illustrate the tension between pursuing profit and tackling climate change than Australia’s Abbot Point port in northern Queensland.
Consign coal power ‘to the dustbin of history’, urges Scottish renewables body
A Scottish renewables trade body has urged the country's government to consign coal power "to the dustbin of history" if it wants to meet climate and health targets.
UK hits two month coal-free milestone
Britain has gone without coal to generate electricity for the equivalent of more than two months so far this year, the Government has said.