“Highest ever wind generation cost customers £27m”

A record amount of wind power generation was turned down, new report suggests

China ‘built over three times as much coal plant capacity as the rest of the world in 2020’

It commissioned almost 40GW in 2020, equivalent to building more than one large plant every week

Japan’s largest power producer to shut down all ‘inefficient’ coal plants by 2030

JERA has pledged to boost renewable energy and use greener fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen

General Electric announces plans to stop building new coal plants

The US conglomerate said the exit from the new build coal power market may involve divestitures, site closings and job cuts

EU sues UK over coal power plant emissions

The European Commission is taking the UK to Court for failing to reduce emissions at one of its power stations. It said the Aberthaw coal-fired power plant in Wales exceeded the limits of the toxic pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NOx). Under EU rules, member states had until 1st January 2008 to reduce emissions of a number […]