Analyst predicts ‘massive investments’ for UK renewables sector
An analyst has predicted “massive investments” for the UK’s renewables sector between now and 2030.
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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.
Coal goes from summer boom to bust on ample supply in China
What was meant to be a summer party for coal is quickly turning into something more of a hangover.
Coal plants keep shutting despite Trump’s order to save them
President Donald Trump has ordered a rescue of the nation’s struggling coal and nuclear power industries, but that doesn’t mean utilities are reconsidering the shutdown of unprofitable plants.
RBS vows to stop funding coal-fired power stations, Arctic oil projects
RBS will no longer provide backing for projects that are at odds with the global transition to low carbon.
Coal-free record for British power grid
Britain has seen a new record set for coal-free power generation as the country went more than two days without electricity from the fossil fuel.
UK hits new coal-free record for power grid
Britain has seen a new record set for coal-free power generation as the country went more than two days without electricity from the fossil fuel.
Mining boss blasts government’s ‘perverse’ decision to block open cast application
A mining boss has branded the Government's decision to block an open-cast coal mine "perverse" and said it would have kept £200 million within the UK economy.
Replacing wood burning energy for coal will worsen climate, claim MIT
Researchers from MIT Sloan School of Management have found that wood pellets burned in European and UK power plants, such as the Drax facility in North Yorkshire - which has transitioned some of its coal power generation capacity to wood pellets with the support of UK government subsidies - actually emit more CO2 per kilowatt hour than that generated by coal.
Opinion: Insurers need to pull the plug on coal
Coal power plants with a capacity of more than 800 Gigawatt – 10 times the capacity of the whole British electricity system – are currently under construction or in the pipeline. A recent UNEP report has found that none of these plants can be built and existing coal capacity must be retired early if the world is to achieve the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.
Black day for coal as MPs confirm final closure date of UK plants
All polluting coal-fired power plants will be closed by October 2025, the Government has confirmed.
Renewables, nuclear provide more electricity than gas and coal for first time
Low-carbon technologies generated half of the UK's electricity in 2017, outstripping the combined power from coal and gas for the first time, analysis shows.