The share of coal in China’s electricity market has shrunk more than 6 per cent in a single year, and imports have shrunk dramatically. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/15byE0J
How the UK’s nuclear new-build plans keep getting delayed
When will the UK get a new generation of nuclear power plants? Doubts surfaced again today with the Times reporting a "secret government review". via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1vHu3z2
China, US climate deal delivers $4.5 trillion blow to Big Oil, coal
Citigroup says China-US climate deal will slash $4.5 trillion from revenues of coal, oil industries. It also downplays CCS, warns thermal coal in decline, suggests energy poverty will be solved with "anything […]
Air pollution costs EU up to $235 billion: EU agency
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Air pollution, chiefly from coal-fired power plants, cost society up to 189 billion euros ($235 billion) in 2012 – equal to the gross domestic product of Finland, the European […]
The Unwelcome Reality For U.S. Coal Exports
U.S. coal export capacity is running well below capacity, and as such, exporting coal from the U.S. west coast is a losing strategy. That comes from a new report put out by […]
Carbon Sequestration: Where Will All the Carbon Go?
It is becoming increasingly likely that our society will need to remove large quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere in order to prevent climate change. The question then becomes: how are we […]
How Energy Secure Are The EU And UK?
In a recent post, A Beginners Guide to Blackouts, I drew attention to the fact that keeping the lights on in Britain was to a large extent dependent upon our ability to […]
Why US fracking is biggest red herring in history of oil
Leading funds manager Jeremy Grantham says US fracking boom hiding fact that oil industry in terminal decline and will be replaced by renewables. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1ym9J3i
Networks fret over threat of mass grid defections
Networks push case for tariff changes, arguing that houses with rooftop solar getting generous "cross subsidies" from non solar users, and suggesting that cost of going off-grid is more than 5 times […]
Report: U.S. airlines stagnate on improving fuel efficiency
The domestic airline industry made no net improvements on fuel efficiencies last year, raising questions about its ability to cut carbon emissions. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1BNMl4o
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