India expects to add a large chunk of coal-fired power capacity in 2024, which will be the largest yearly rise in its coal fleet in at least six years. Indian utilities will bring online coal power plants with a combined capacity of 13.9 gigawatts (GW) this year, India’s power ministry told Reuters in a statement…
Thousands of products are made with coal or coal by-products, including aspirins, soap, dyes, solvents, plastics, and fibers such as rayon or nylon. Coal is an important ingredient in production of products that require activated carbon, carbon fiber or silicon metal. Activated carbon is an essential ingredient in…
Carmakers in the United States have been eager to help advance the EV agenda in the past half a decade or so. Ford, GM, and all the European and Japanese majors have poured billions into a whole new lineup of all-electric vehicles in anticipation of mass adoption. Now, they’re hitting the brakes. In July last…
To deal with a water shortage, a new rule banned car washing and filling empty pools, starting from Thursday 8th of February. This affects over six million people in Catalonia, including Barcelona, across 200 communities. The reason for the restrictions is that reservoirs are alarmingly low, at around 16% capacity. Concern is etched on Anna…
1.55 million small investors in Hong Kong had pumped HK$1.3 trillion (US$167.7 billion) into the initial public offering in a bid to get a slice of the shares of Ant Group. The retail investors had oversubscribed 389 times for the IPO, according to people familiar with the matter. The development…
Russia has arrested a journalist from the Russian edition of Forbes magazine for social media reposts over accusations of Russian atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, his lawyer and Forbes said on Friday. Rights groups say hundreds of Russians have been arrested, fined and jailed for criticizing Russia’s offensive on Ukraine under tough military…
Europe is set for a boom in battery storage installations with grid-scale capacity expected to jump sevenfold by the end of this decade and represent $84 billion (78 billion euros) in total investment opportunities through 2050, Aurora Energy Research said in a new report this week. As a key enabler of renewables rollout, battery storage…
The most difficult situation is in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions, where the enemy has deployed up to four brigades, the commander-in-chief said. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky reported on the aggravation of the situation at the front, noting that the situation is very dynamic. He wrote about this in detail…
The Biden administration granted a fuel policy change designed to boost sales of corn-based ethanol — but delayed the shift until next year amid concerns a too-rapid transition could spur gasoline price spikes this summer. The approach underscores how election-year politics are complicating energy policymaking in Washington, as President Joe Biden seeks to propel climate…
Replacing coal-fired power stations with small modular nuclear reactors, would cost taxpayers $387 billion, implying the option would not get backing from the industry, suggested Chris Bowen, the Climate Change Minister. More than 70 small modular nuclear reactors would be required to compensate for the lost power generation from the retirement of the current coal-fired…