UK faces tight power supplies this winter
The National Grid will pay utilities to keep shuttered plants on standby this winter as the country faces tight capacity margin.
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The National Grid will pay utilities to keep shuttered plants on standby this winter as the country faces tight capacity margin.
South Africa’s power industry will remain plagued by significant challenges with blackouts weighing on economic growth.
A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from the latest developments and corporate affairs to challenges facing coal.
Weakness in demand and competition from natural gas remain the story in the US coal industry with prices continuing their downward spiral.
Electricity generated from natural gas surpassed that generated from coal for the first time in US history in April.
Robert Osborne succeeds Mark Peifer as the Vice President and CEO of Ohio Valley Electricity Corp.
Support for high-efficiency low-emission coal-fired power will be needed as part of a Paris agreement on climate change.
A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from the MATS ruling to the latest situations of coal-fired power plants.
Advanced Emissions Solutions provides an outlook on the US Supreme Court ruling of MATS and highlights the subsequent influence of the ruling.
Dr Lesley Sloss, IEA Clean Coal Centre, provides an outline on what is going on with the US Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS).
Due to the long lead time for environmental compliance projects, many US utilities have moved ahead with MATS compliance despite uncertainly surrounding the legality of the rule.
The Baltic Dry Index has reached its highest level of 829, since dropping in January.