South Africa says Kusile coal plant to revive capacity this year
Mining News Pro - South Africa said its state-owned power utility will add 2,400 megawatts of generating capacity to the country’s strained electricity grid before the end of the year.
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South Africa pushes to delay coal plant closures
Mining News Pro - South Africa has told rich countries backing its $8.5 billion energy transition deal that it wants to delay the closure of some units at its coal-fired power plants, people familiar with the situation said.
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India may delay coal plant closures in blow to climate action
Mining News Pro - India’s government is studying a slower retirement of aging coal-fired power plants as it also adds newer sites, a move that would keep fossil fuel capacity higher for years and potentially stall efforts to hit climate goals.
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Biggest Australia coal plant to shut early as renewables surge
Mining News Pro - Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plant is set to close seven years early, the latest fossil fuel retirement prompted by a surge of renewables that have driven down electricity prices.
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Biden’s carbon-capture plan hands lifeline to coal plants
Mining News Pro - Coal-fired power plants would be eligible for billions of dollars in extra tax breaks under President Joe Biden’s economic legislation if they install carbon-capture systems, an incentive that environmental groups say may delay the retirement of dozens of facilities.
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Emissions from China coal plants fertilize North Pacific Ocean
Mining News Pro - Researchers from a number of institutions in the US and the UK published a study that states that emissions from coal-fired power plants in China are fertilizing the North Pacific Ocean with a metal nutrient important for marine life.
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Britain goes two months without power from coal plants
Mining News Pro - Britain is about to pass a significant landmark — at midnight on Wednesday it will have gone two full months without using electricity from coal fired power stations for the first time since the industrial revolution.
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Activists occupy German coal plant in protest
Mining News Pro - A large group of protesters broke through a gate at the Datteln-4 power station and gained access to the site, local police said Sunday in a tweet.
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Orban ally sells Hungary coal plant before $1bn overhaul
Mining News Pro - The Hungarian conglomerate controlled by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s closest business ally sold the country’s biggest coal-fired power plant to the state in a U-turn after the premier agreed to the European Union‘s climate deal.
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First US coal plant in years opens where no options exist
Mining News Pro - One way to boost coal in the US: Find a spot near a mine with no access to oil or natural gas pipelines, where it’s not particularly windy and it’s dark much of the year.
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Mercury limits on coal plants no longer `appropriate,` EPA Says
Mining News Pro - The Trump administration is proposing that limits on mercury pollution from power plants are too costly to justify and no longer “appropriate and necessary,” a finding that could make it difficult to impose more stringent curbs in the future.
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COAL: Canadian coal plants to be phased out by 2030
Mining News Pro - The federal government of Canada announced on Dec. 12, 2018, that traditional coal-fired electric generation plans will be phased out by 2030.
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