Drax power station in north Yorkshire, UK, has converted a fourth generating unit to operate on biomass rather than coal.
President Trump of the USA is expected to announce a plan to empower states to establish emission standards for coal-fired power plants rather than speeding their retirement in a major overhaul of the Obama administration’s climate policy.
The price of carbon in the EU’s emissions trading scheme reached €18 per tonne, triple the level last year, and the highest level for ten years.
Power generation from the Barapukuria coal-fired power plant in Dinajpur, Bangladesh has been stopped for an indefinite period.
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) proposal to save coal and nuclear plants from retirement could cost $34 billion over a two-year period, according to an analysis conducted by Advanced Energy Economy (AEE).
GE Power has announced that it will provide advanced boiler and steam turbine technology to power Pakistan’s first ultra-supercritical power plant in Deh Ghangiaro, Bin Qasim, Karachi.
Eskom has warned that the South African power system could take up to ten days to recover from the effects of the recently-resolved industrial action.
Zimbabwe has closed $1.4 billion funding for a 600 MW expansion project at the coal-fired Hwange power plant, drawing on financing from China’s Eximbank.
A large fire broke out at the Anpara Thermal Power Station in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India on 28 May.
A 9.8 MW solar power plant will be built at the site of Dangjin Eco Power’s coal-fired power plant in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.