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• Centre drafts imported coal-based UMPP guidelines

  30 Dec 2015

  To revive the private sector’s interest in power generation projects, the Ministry of Power ... . ...Read More

• Renewable Energy Trading Launched in Germany

  30 Dec 2015

  The German company Sonnenbatterie has launched a trading platform for distributed renewable energy... . ...Read More

• Local Governments in Coal-Rich Chinese Province Can’t Meet Payroll

  30 Dec 2015

  The collapse in coal prices has hit home in northern China’s Shanxi Province, as coal compan... . ...Read More

• Nuclear energy finding favour with developing nations looking to reduce carbon emissions

  30 Dec 2015

  According to the director of the Energy Initiative at the University of Queensland, developing cou... . ...Read More

• What Do Higher Natural Gas Futures Prices Mean for Coal?

  30 Dec 2015

  Natural gas prices Henry Hub benchmark natural gas prices continued southward to $1.53 per MMBtu... . ...Read More

• China to Suspend New Coal Mine Approvals Amid Pollution Fight

  30 Dec 2015

  China will stop approving new coal mines for the next three years and will continue to trim produc... . ...Read More

• Boom-to-bust Australian coal baron acquires Anglo American mine

  30 Dec 2015

  Former Australian coal baron Nathan Tinkler has surfaced as buyer for one of the first of many bus... . ...Read More

• Coal mine deaths in U.S. at record low

  30 Dec 2015

  Amid layoffs and idled operations throughout the U.S., the coal industry is close to setting a rec... . ...Read More

• High-sulphur coke set for rough 2016

  30 Dec 2015

  High-sulphur petroleum coke prices slumped in 2015 as growing global supply met a widespread commo... . ...Read More

• Karan Adani becomes new CEO of Adani Ports & SEZ

  29 Dec 2015

  Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that Karan ... . ...Read More

• India’s hydro-power generation capacity at 42,623 MW

  29 Dec 2015

  India’s total installed capacity of hydro-electricity generation stations stood at 42,623.42... . ...Read More

• CIL’s e-auction allotment value up 14.4% till Nov

  29 Dec 2015

  Riding on a 68.2% increase in the allotment of coal through the e-auction platform, Coal India Ltd... . ...Read More

• India aims to generate 1137.5 BU electricity in FY16

  29 Dec 2015

  India plans to generate a total of 1137.5 billion units (BU) of electricity in the year 2015-16, w... . ...Read More

• PESB moots B K Mishra’s name for BCCL CMD’s post

  29 Dec 2015

  The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has recommended B K Mishra’s name for the post... . ...Read More

• India to pursue AUSC tech to reduce CO2 emission

  29 Dec 2015

  Having installed as many as 42 supercritical units with total capacity of 28,805 MW power generati... . ...Read More