Coal Energy

Coal Energy

Turbines of Kutubdia wind power show the potential of using renewable energy without having to recourse to any coal-based source. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Renewable energy overtakes coal in global electricity generation for first time: Report

Solar power alone accounted for 75% of the rise in demand, while combined solar and wind generation covered almost all of it, around 99%.

An aerial view shows a Cirebon-1 power plant in Cirebon, West Java province, Indonesia, September 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo

Global plan for early ditch of coal power hits Indonesia hurdle

China as a global polluter may be at its peak. Photo: Bloomberg

You could power America with China’s wasted energy

A power generation facility. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Bangladesh faces complex transition from coal-based energy: Global Energy Monitor

Electricity generation is one of the most significant drivers of coal demand in India and directly employs close to 5 lakh people (IEA 2020). Photo: Bloomberg

India plans to expand its coal power fleet to meet soaring demand

Workers sort rocks near a coal mine in Datong, China.Photographer: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg

The biggest fossil fuel subsidies are indirect, and bigger than ever

Farmer Pravinbhai Parmar cleans a solar panel installed at a farm in Dhundi village of Kheda district in western Indian Gujarat state, India, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Parmar has been using solar power for irrigation and sells the excess electricity to the state's grid to earn additional income. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Clean energy gains a foothold in India, but coal still rules

A Stop sign stands in front of the Neurath lignite power plant of German utility RWE, west of Cologne, Germany, January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Germany's biggest power producer RWE to phase out coal by 2030

A truck drives past a conveyor pouring coal produced at Canyon Coal's Khanye colliery near Bronkhorstspruit, around 90 kilometres north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 26, 2022. Picture taken April 26,2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Coal rush! Energy crisis fires global hunt for polluting fuel

A worker sits on a truck being loaded with coal at a railway coal yard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Nov 25, 2013. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Asia's coal prices hit new highs amid global race for fuel

Photo: UNB

Equipment import delay threatens Barapukuria coal production

Coal still top threat to global climate goals: Report

Coal still top threat to global climate goals: Report

FILE PHOTO: A leaf sits on top of a pile of coal in Youngstown, Ohio, US, September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

India cuts coal supply, puts hold on auctions as inventories slump