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Odisha state tells power plants to bear cost of fly ash transportation

  • 9 years ago (2015-09-28)
  • David Flin
The State government of Odisha in India, has, because of the large volume of fly ash generated by coal-fired power plants that is being unutilised, instructed all power plants with generation capacity greater than 100 MW to bear the cost of transporting fly ash to destinations up to 100 km away.

UK energy policy criticized as Drax quits carbon capture project

  • 9 years ago (2015-09-26)
  • Junior Isles

The Drax power company, in charge of the largest power plant in the UK of the same name, has thrown a £1 billion ($1.52 billion) UK government climate-change plan into turmoil, saying that government green policy reversals have made it too risky to move forwards.

Pledged funds of $2.6 trillion to dump coal

  • 9 years ago (2015-09-23)

Over the past year, funds pledged to shift energy reliance on coal, oil or gas to cleaner sources have risen by 50 times to $2.6 trillion dollars due to ethical or financial motivations. Pledges include commitments to cut back or sell present holdings in fossil fuel companies.

Japanese Government considers limit on coal-fired power generation

  • 9 years ago (2015-09-22)
  • David Flin
The Japanese Industry Ministry is considering limiting each utility’s coal-fired power generation to around 50 per cent of its total fossil fuel energy output, according to sources within the Ministry.

Hinkley Point C wins new investment from British government

  • 9 years ago (2015-09-21)
  • David Flin
George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK, has announced that the UK government will make a fresh investment in the £24.5 billion Hinkley Point C nuclear power project.

Sweden enacts measures amid target of fossil-free energy mix mix

  • 9 years ago (2015-09-17)

Sweden is aiming to become one of the first nations in the world to have a fossil-free energy mix, and as a step towards that goal it will invest 4.5 billion kronor ($546 million) next year in climate-protection measures as a step towards this goal.

UK loses top ten renewable ranking

  • 9 years ago (2015-09-16)

GE to move US jobs to France and China in fight over export credits

  • 9 years ago (2015-09-16)
  • David Flin
GE has revealed plans to shift up to 500 US manufacturing jobs to Europe and China because it can no longer access EXIM financing from the US Export-Import Bank.