Eskom has implemented rolling blackouts with immediate effect. The load shedding will last until Tuesday night, 18th May, the utility said in a statement.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its intention to scrap funding for coal mining and coal-fired power plants in the Asia-Pacific region.
The French energy group Engie has announced that it will stop using coal to generate electricity in Chile by 2025, while doubling its target for power from renewable sources.
A draft electricity policy document suggests that India may build new coal-fired power plants, because of the low cost of construction, despite growing calls from environmentalists, who cite falling solar and wind energy prices.
Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has announced plans to close Moneypoint, the country’s largest power station and its only coal-fired plant and turn it into a green energy hub.
A report from the energy and climate research organisation Ember said that China generated 53 per cent of the world’s total coal-fired power during 2020, and that it was the only G20 nation to see a major increase in its coal-fired generation.
EDF has announced that it will end generation at its West Burton A, its sole remaining coal-fired power station, in September 2022, two years ahead of the UK Government deadline. https://www.edfenergy.com/
Catherine Tanna, Managing Director of Energy Australia has announced that it will close the 1450 MW Yallourn power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley in mid-2028, four years ahead of schedule.
Bangladesh has announced that it plans to scrap nine new coal projects as the cost of imported coal rises and overseas investors cut financing for such projects.
India’s National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has announced that it will implement a waste-to-energy technology that has been developed by a Chennai-based orthopaedic surgeon.