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Japan to Allow More Coal-Fired Power to Cope With Energy Shock
Japan will allow more use of coal-fired power plants in an effort to boost security of supply to cope with the energy shock from the war in the Middle East. The country will let less-efficient coal facilities take part in capacity market auctions…
Japan to boost coal-fired power as Mideast war causes energy turmoil
TOKYO — Japan's government plans to temporarily lift restrictions on coal-fired power plants as it seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war, officials said on Friday. Officials presented the plan at a meeting of a panel…
Japan Boosts Coal-Fired Power amid Mideast War Energy Turmoil
Restrictions on Japan's coal-fired power plants were relaxed Friday as the Asian industrial giant seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war choking oil supplies. AFP reports the plan was made official at a meeting of a panel of…
Coal India to spend ₹3,300 crore for new coking coal washeries
State-run coal behemoth Coal India will be setting up eight new coking coal washeries at an estimated capital outlay of ₹3,300 crore in a move aimed at improving the quality of its coking coal. Expected to be operational by FY30, these…
Japan to boost coal-fired power as Mideast war causes energy turmoil
Officials presented the plan at a meeting of a panel of experts, who approved the proposal, the industry ministry said on its website. 'Given the current situation in the Middle East affecting fuel prices, we believe that uncertainty regarding…
Utilities warn of soaring costs related to Trump order for Indiana coal plants to stay open
(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — A renewed federal order is keeping two aging Indiana coal plants running months after their planned retirement — and utilities say the price tag is quickly climbing into the hundreds of millions. The U.S.
Japan Confirms Plan to Boost Coal-fired Power to Ease Energy Crunch
Japan's government plans to temporarily lift restrictions on coal-fired power plants as it seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war, an official said on Friday. Japanese media, including Jiji Press, had earlier reported the…
Russia's Coal Sector Losses Set to Deepen as Government Winds Down Tax Relief
Russia's coal industry is heading for sharply deeper losses this year as the government prepares to end key tax deferrals, adding pressure to a sector already grappling with falling exports, high borrowing costs and a strong ruble, officials and…
Japan considers increasing coal-fired power as war disrupts LNG imports
TOKYO, March 27: Japan's industry ministry will propose increasing coal-fired power generation use in the fiscal year starting April, as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran adds uncertainty to liquefied natural gas imports, it said in a plan to be…
Australia leveraging coal and gas exports to lock in petrol supply from Asia partners
SYDNEY – Australia has been using its coal and gas exports to Asia as leverage with countries such as South Korea and Malaysia to encourage them to continue supplying it with fuel amid concerns that wartime-style rationing may be needed…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduces Position in Warrior Met Coal $HCC
JPMorgan Chase & Co. trimmed its position in Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC - Free Report) by 6.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 261,040…
Who Is The Country's First Chief Energy Officer?
Democratic Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger appointed an environmental law attorney to be her state's first Chief Energy Officer on Wednesday. Spanberger signed an executive order to create a new cabinet-level position in the Office of the…
War in the Middle East: latest developments
Kuwait's main commercial port was damaged in a drone attack at dawn. The Shuwaikh port was targeted 'by enemy drones, preliminary reports revealed material damage but no human casualties', the Kuwait port authority said in a statement on X. Iran's…
LETTER: Science isn't a show of hands
In his March 20 story, “State AG joins challenge of climate rule's repeal,” Review-Journal reporter Alan Halaly writes, “An overwhelming majority of climate scientists link greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning…
AI's arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it's locking in more fossil fuels
Six years ago, Google was confident that by 2030 it would power all operations with electricity generated from clean sources, including wind and solar power, and remove as much pollution as it produced. Today it calls those goals a…
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