Tagged With Coal
12 December 2022
Power generation fuel’s historical advantages of availability, affordability and reliability have once more prevailed as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upends gas markets
27 September 2022
Nuclear availability and the extent of low temperatures will decide how much LNG they will need for the months ahead
22 August 2022
Greater-than-expected requirements to burn the fuel to keep the lights on could harm supply conservation efforts
1 August 2022
East Asia’s power sector use may be poised to shrink from 2023, but demand for the fuel is expected to remain strong this year
29 June 2022
The import-dependent nation is increasingly reliant on expensive spot LNG cargoes
16 June 2022
The energy crisis on the country’s east coast is fuelling calls for resource nationalism
16 May 2022
Tariffs, location and bureaucracy are obstacles to be overcome to drive greater use of gas in Vietnam’s power sector
14 March 2022
The issue took centre stage at the Communist Party’s annual ‘two sessions’ meetings on economic policy for the year ahead
15 November 2021
The Asian giant may need to increase coal supply to outlast the winter, but it is clearly greening its long-term energy policy
15 October 2021
The ongoing global energy crunch underlines the difficult task facing China’s leaders in balancing energy supply security while reaching net zero in the next 40 years
5 October 2021
The country is turning to gas to plug the gap in its energy supplies, but it will have to pay a hefty price
22 September 2021
The Chinese government’s renewed focus on centralised control and economic pressure may undermine decarbonisation efforts
8 June 2021
Gas is caught between present reliance on coal and future growth for renewables
28 April 2021
Coal’s long goodbye means Beijing will need to brace for reduced energy security
28 October 2020
The engine of global gas demand growth may be at risk of a fuel problem
11 September 2020
Japan ignores strategic low-carbon energy options and risks muddling through by adding more coal
7 July 2020
Poland and the Czech Republic, long the continent’s coal champions, are having a rethink
29 May 2020
Energy funding poised to plunge as renewables fare better than fossil fuels
3 September 2019
Former President Obama special assistant Jason Bordoff says that government and industry need to work together to tackle climate change
8 August 2019
Coal pays for its greater carbon intensity in a rising European CO2 price environment
29 July 2019
Europe’s largest coal consumer illustrates a pathway for the remaining hold-outs
18 July 2019
A large wave of pit retirements may soon be followed by another
16 July 2019
Recent falls in the price of coal were due to increasing supply rather than declining demand
15 July 2019
Global demand for coal to power continues to be king, but the upside may be limited
7 May 2019
The global trend towards the use of renewables is not denting the demand for older methods of power generation
4 February 2019
The evolution of northeast US gas marketing may further cut capacity
29 January 2019
Gazprom's market share ambitions and the price at which power plant demand soaks up supply are 2019's key questions
18 October 2018
South Africa’s power sector plans envisage a big role for gas, but first the country needs to find the feedstock
25 September 2018
Part of China’s blue-sky strategy is the switch from coal to natural gas—with an unexpected impact on the global LNG market
25 October 2017
US energy secretary's subsidy plan gets a roasting
4 September 2017
Europe's energy supply mix is changing again. It won’t be good news for the climate targets
9 May 2017
The country has shut down domestic output but a shift to cleaner fuels will be a slow one. And its coal import needs are showing no signs of abating
