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Wind tops coal as number one generation source on major US grid
Wind surpassed coal as primary generation source in 2020 for Southwest Power Pool, the grid that supplies a vast territory stretching from Texas to the Canadian border.
David Schlissel
Feb 15, 2021
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Don’t hold your breath for clean air in Victoria
A year ago, bushfires blanketed major Australian cities with smoke, but coal fired power stations are their own major source of air pollution.
Tim Read
Jan 14, 2021
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Coal
How Australia can phase out coal power while maintaining energy security
The end of coal-fired generation in Australia is inevitable, but its demise doesn’t need to come at the risk of energy security.
Daniel D’Hotman & Steven Hamilton
Jan 11, 2021
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Coal
Germany’s first coal plant phase-out auction a success, with 4.8GW to close
Germany’s first auction for decommissioning coal generators results in nearly 5GW of contracted closures, including some plants opened just five years ago.
Benjamin Wehrmann
Dec 2, 2020
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Coal
Coal generation kills 800 a year in Australia, says new report
New report finds pollution from Australia’s 22 remaining coal power plants is causing hundreds of premature deaths a year, thousands of chronic respiratory illnesses.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 25, 2020
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Morgan Stanley says 47GW of US coal capacity could be uneconomic by 2024
New Morgan Stanley report claims nearly 50GW of US coal-fired power capacity will be unable to compete against renewables by 2024.
Joshua S Hill
Feb 24, 2020
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British government halts support of overseas coal plant development
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says UK to immediately cease all direct official development support for overseas thermal coal mining or coal power plants.
Joshua S Hill
Jan 22, 2020
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Australia’s coal and gas plants are breaking down every three days
Report highlights increasing danger of relying on Australia’s ageing gas and coal power plants, which have broken down once every 3.2 days on average over past two years.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 21, 2020
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Loy Yang A unit returns, just in time for another blistering heat-wave
Unit 2 of AGL Energy’s Loy Yang A to return to service this week after a seven month absence – in time for a major heatwave that will test Victoria’s brown coal generators.
Sophie Vorrath
Dec 16, 2019
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Coal seen as biggest threat to Victoria power supply
The biggest threat to Victoria’s future power supply comes not from more renewables, but unreliable brown coal power plants, and government efforts to prop up black coal units.
Sophie Vorrath
Nov 19, 2019
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