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NLC India revisits coal gasification plans; explores lignite, coal-based projects
Updated - November 03, 2026 at 04:03 PM. NLC India Ltd is taking a fresh look at coal gasification projects, including those based on lignite, after having earlier shelved a proposed lignite-to-methanol project on account of high costs. The company…
Coal's Revival Part II: Turning Ash Chemistry into Measurable Boiler Performance
A field demonstration on a 500-MW-class coal-fired unit shows how targeted fuel chemistry can mitigate severe slagging and fouling while delivering measurable operating benefits—including approximately 50% lower superheater spray demand, 53%…
Canadian province opens tech-neutral capacity call to replace coal
Nova Scotia's independent grid operator has opened a technology-neutral call for on-demand capacity, inviting battery storage, pumped hydro, long-duration storage and other projects to bid as the Canadian province prepares to shut its coal plants…
ServiceNow Has Become The Canary In The Coal Mine For Agentic-AI Driven Software Implosion
ServiceNow just shed a third of its value in a single week, and the reason has nothing to do with a bad quarter. It signals something far more threatening to every software company charging by the seat. Published November 2, 2026, 12:45pm ET…
Investors Are Getting Palpably Nervous About the AI Industry's Financial Situation
For years now, some of the biggest players in the AI space have been investing in smaller startups — which in turn use the same exact money to purchase services from the same large companies. Investors have watched this circular financing…
China Stock Market's Hidden Problem: Foreign Investors Get a Different Truth
China's stock market has just entered bear-market territory, with the blue-chip index down more than 20% from its June peak. Morgan Stanley is warning of another 10% to 15% decline before things bottom out. State-backed funds have rushed in to buy…
Hallador Energy: Merom Is Fairly Valued, Parking Lot Is The Speculation (NASDAQ:HNRG)
Hallador Energy is fairly valued based on 2027 projections, and is thus rated Hold. However it has potential optionality from nearby data center-driven energy demand. About 95% of Merom's accredited capacity is contracted through 2035, with prices…
IEA forecasts decline in global natural gas demand
Global natural gas demand is expected to fall by approximately 1.5%, or 65 billion cubic meters, in 2026 compared with the previous year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). This would mark the third annual decline in global gas…
Europe faces gas shortages this winter unless Trump strikes peace deal with Iran
Europe could face a gas shortage this winter if Donald Trump fails to strike a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned. Gas storage levels could plummet under 10 per cent of working capacity…
South Eastern Coalfields Files IPO Papers for Up to 668 Million-Share Sale
South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) has filed draft papers for an initial public offering of existing shares held by parent Coal India, a transaction that would send any proceeds to the parent. The draft red herring prospectus, dated Nov. 1…
A New Kind of Industrial Catastrophe Is Already Taking Shape-and America Isn't Ready
On August 24, 2020, as Tropical Storm Laura churned up fury and foam in the Gulf of Mexico, employees at BioLab Inc. were racing to fill the trailers backed into the loading docks of the chlorine plant, located just outside of Lake Charles…
This California Wind Farm Is Having A Topsy-Turvy Effect On Local Weather
Most of the existing research focuses on individual wind farms. This still provides valuable information for researchers, though it's difficult to tell whether each farm's location, surroundings, or other environmental factors has an outsized…
Buck Station celebrates 100 years - Salisbury Post
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ROWAN COUNTY — The Buck has not stopped yet, as the Duke Energy Buck Station recently celebrated 100 years of operation. On Oct. 30, generations of Buck Station employees, Duke Energy…
Oakland residents to vote on who will be their next mayor
Oakland voters are deciding whether to elect Mayor Barbara Lee to a full term or replace her with one of the three other candidates running in the 2026 midterms. Lee was elected in 2024 by voters after former Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled. Prior to…
Indonesia unlikely to export electricity in the near future, citing domestic demand: Minister
JAKARTA: Indonesia is unlikely to export electricity in the near future, with domestic demand remaining high, said the country's Coordinating Minister for Downstreaming and Energy Transition Bahlil Lahadalia. Speaking at the Presidential Palace in…
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