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Global new coal plant pipeline keeps shrinking
By Bob Burton on 22 March 2018
Number of coal plants in permitting and planning process fell another 22% in 2017 – a 59% fall over the last two years.
Tag: "coal power"
Three reasons why coal power won’t make a comeback in Australia
By Sophie Vorrath on 16 March 2018
Despite what the Turnbull government says, coal has no place in Australia’s future energy mix – for three basic reasons.
Graph of the Day: And the states with the lowest emissions are …
By Sophie Vorrath on 7 March 2018
South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory contribute a combined total of just 6.3% to the nation’s total scope 1 emissions. Can you guess the common denominator?
Germany to set end date for coal power in 2019
By Kerstine Appunn Benjamin Wehrmann and Julian Wettengel on 8 February 2018
A commission will decide the timeline for phasing out coal, under a coalition deal agreed between social democrats and Angela Merkel’s conservatives
Coughing up for coal-fired power
By Dr James Whelan on 21 November 2017
If Australian tax payers are made to cough up for a new coal plant in north Queensland, locals will also be coughing up – literally.
Another coal unit falls over, leaving Victoria power supply at risk
By Sophie Vorrath on 20 November 2017
Failure of another coal power unit in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley has prompted the market operator to warn of supply shortages – and it’s not even summer yet.
Renewables option $1.3 billion cheaper than keeping Liddell open
By Sophie Vorrath on 20 November 2017
Report finds combination of wind power, smart controls and energy efficiency would cost $2.2bn over five years, compared to $3.6bn to keep coal plant open.
The spectacular success of Germany’s Energiewende- and what needs to be done next
By John Mathews on 16 October 2017
Formation of new government in Berlin will have important implications for future of the Energiewende, but much has been achieved already.
Australia’s coal problem is also its mercury problem
By Robyn Schofield on 17 August 2017
Analysis of toxic emissions from Australia’s coal plants has revealed our per capita mercury emissions are roughly double the global average.
Cheap coal power? Only in an imaginary world
By Simon Nicholas on 4 August 2017
Attempts to suggest coal power is cheaper than the plummeting cost of renewables look increasingly ridiculous and desperate.
Australian coal power in free-fall, but they making off like bandits
By Simon Holmes à Court on 14 June 2017
With current market prices 2–4 times the costs of generation, our remaining coal fired power stations are making out like bandits.
