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Ukrainian Naftogaz will receive 3.7 billion dollars loan from China
Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz will receive a $3.7 billion loan from China to finance a program to substitute natural gas with locally produced coal for a 19 year period.
read more... 27/12/2012
Coal generates 35% of UK’s electricity
Coal still plays an important role in UK’s electricity generation, as in the third quarter of this year, coal generated about 35 % of the UK's electricity, according to Government figures, at the same time as gas provided 28 %of electricity, and nuclear 22 %, while renewable accounted just under 12%.
read more... 21/12/2012
Over 1,000 new coal stations to be built worldwide
A study released by World Resources Institute (WRI) shows that more than 1,000 coal-fired power plants are planned to be built worldwide, despite numerous warnings from politicians, scientists and campaigners that carbon emissions could reach unprecedented heights within a few years.
read more... 20/11/2012
A hike in UK coal consumption may jeopardize the climate change targets
According to some data released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the rate of coal consumption in the UK thermal power generators remains at its highest levels since 2006, with the country thermal consumption at electricity generators up by 37% in comparison to the same period last year, up to 35.1 million metric tons.
read more... 29/10/2012
Vattenfall to build a new coal-fired power station in Germany
Vattenfall has begun operations at its new coal fired power station in Saxony, Germany. The 675 MW Boxberg R plant will be fuelled with local brown coal from a nearby eastern German mining area and will cost about 1.29 billion dollars to build.
read more... 15/10/2012