by Gordon Barratt | Aug 30, 2022 | News
Two months of scorching heatwaves and drought plunged China into an energy security crisis. The southwest province of Sichuan, for example, relies on dams to generate around 80% of its electricity, with growth in hydropower crucial for China meeting...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 29, 2022 | News
Global coal consumption this year is set to match a record set in 2013 as European economies work to conserve supplies of natural gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Demand for coal is rising even as countries target a...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 29, 2022 | News
The biggest US coal miners are seeing soaring revenues as global demand for the dirtiest fossil fuel drives prices to record highs. Peabody Energy, the biggest US coal producer, saw second-quarter sales jump 83% to $1.32-billion, the most since 2018, the company said...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 13, 2022 | News
Germany will completely stop buying Russian coal on Aug. 1 and Russian oil on Dec. 31, marking a major shift in the source of the country’s energy supply, deputy finance minister Joerg Kukies said at a conference in Sydney. The key challenge ahead will be...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 7, 2022 | News
An employee at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine travels deep into the mine. INSIDE A COAL MINE, Ukraine — A little more than 4 miles into a mine, in the newfound relative comfort of being over 1,000 feet underground, eastern Ukrainian coal miners position...
