The Dutch government will provide Germany’s RWE with a compensation of €331.8 million due to income losses resulting from a coal production cap set at 35% of capacity for the 2022-2024 period

Global coal production increased by over 7%, reaching a record high of 175 exajoules, according to the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy 2023

However, the year also saw record production levels for renewables – the report has found

With the Covid-19 outbreak in China, coal production dropped by 6% in the first two months of 2020

That’s despite major players pledging to scale down capacity

It has vowed to align the business with the Paris climate targets following pressure from investors

Nuclear energy supply saw a 9.2% reduction last year, according to a new report. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report said the decrease was seen in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, which includes the UK, US, Australia, Spain and Japan among other countries. The news follows the Fukushima disaster last […]

China’s latest coal mine has passed its final safety inspection and is ready to start production. Once in operation the Weishe mine in Guizhou Province could produce 450,000 tons of coal per year. The mine which is operated by Seattle based L&L Energy was completed in February but has had months of safety inspections looking […]