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Coal

Australian coal power in free-fall, but they making off like bandits
With current market prices 2–4 times the costs of generation, our remaining coal fired power stations are making out like bandits.
Simon Holmes à Court

Jun 14, 2017

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Coal

Adani’s ‘pit-to-plug strategy’ is fraying at both ends
‘Defer, delay and pray’ appear to be the unspoken new watchwords for the company that would build the Carmichael Coal Project.
Tim Buckley

Jun 13, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Wind, solar, energy efficiency replaces coal generation in UK
Since the start of the coalition government in 2010, coal’s role in the generation mix has fallen to historic lows.
Zachary Boren

Jun 13, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Frydenberg’s coal call to right wing: Trust me, this won’t hurt at all (honk!)
Frydenberg and Turnbull are trying to convince far right that coal will be OK under Clean Energy Target. But the reality is that wind and solar are cheaper, so any serious push to climate targets will spell doom for coal generation.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 12, 2017

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Coal

Japan, Taiwan and Korea accelerate demise of thermal coal market
A ‘JKT’ triad—Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan—sets a 21st century course for clean energy.
Tim Buckley

Jun 1, 2017

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Coal

Does best CCS power station in world provide model for Australia?
Josh Frydenberg over-egged the success of a CCS plant he visited in US, and now he’s done the same in Australia with new CEFC mandate.
Simon Holmes à Court

May 31, 2017

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Renewables

China’s Goldwind offers free wind power training for coal miners
Wyoming is where the majority of American coal comes from, but its also one of the best suited states for wind energy.
Steve Hanley

May 30, 2017

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Coal

How clean are Australia’s ‘clean coal’ power stations?
What’s that you say? Australia has ‘clean coal power stations’? Well, it depends how you define ‘clean coal’.
Simon Holmes à Court

May 24, 2017

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Coal

More coal mines will lead to more poverty, new report warns
Supporters of Adani mine says coal crucial to solving poverty, but new report suggests new coal mines will only worsen climate change and drive poor nations deeper into poverty.
Natasha Geiling

May 23, 2017

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Coal

Fact check: Is Australian coal really cleaner than Indian coal? And does it even matter?
If India uses coal from Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in Australia, how much less CO2 will be emitted? And is this even relevant in a market that is shifting so rapidly to renewables?
Michael Barnard

May 15, 2017

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