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Aussie-Japanese project to produce hydrogen from coal
Australia and Japan have launched what is claimed to be the world’s first brown coal-to-hydrogen project.
read more... 15/03/2021
Hungary and Poland plan nuclear to replace coal
Hungary is now the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phaseout plan, announcing that it will shut its last remaining coal plant in 2025. Meanwhile Poland says its first nuclear power unit will be built in Gdansk and the second one probably at the site of its Belchatów coal plant.
read more... 08/03/2021
Hungary brings coal exit forward by five years
The country’s last coal power plant will be shut down in 2025 instead of 2030, Hungary’s secretary of state for EU affairs announced earlier this week.
read more... 05/03/2021
China to speed up tapping new energy sources, but coal stays in mix
China set a modest five-year growth target on Friday for its nuclear power generation capacity and promised quicker development of alternative energy sources as it seeks to cut its carbon footprint, but left its coal industry largely untouched.
read more... 05/03/2021
Brussels opens in-depth investigation into Germany’s coal phase-out plan
The German Bundestag sealed an agreement in June last year to compensate RWE and LEAG with €4.35 billion for closing the country’s last remaining coal plants and mining operations by 2038.
read more... 03/03/2021