CoalWire 411, March 31, 2022
Russian coal: Poland to ban imports; Japanese trader suspends purchases; Germany aims to end imports within months. Coal generation increased in 2021.
CoalWire 410, March 24, 2022
South African court backs clean air standards; Turkish court rules against 1800 MW plant; China releases long-awaited five-year energy plan; sanctions on Russia hits European coal imports; Vietnamese plants hit by coal price spike.
CoalWire 395, November 25, 2021
Vietnam to cut 7000 MW from power plan; German coalition aims for 2030 coal exit; China scraps plan for 3000 MW coal plant in South Africa; Portugal closes last coal plant; Turkish court rules against coal plant.
CoalWire 391, October 21, 2021
Potential German coalition partners to discuss 2030 coal end dates; Bulgaria and South Korea set late coal end dates.
CoalWire 388, September 30, 2021
Romania backs 2032 coal exit; Colombia’s power plan excludes new coal plants; Chinese province blocks expansion of coal power.
CoalWire 331, July 23, 2020
Arrests over Ohio bailout scandal; Portugal accelerates coal exit; Polish coal sector set for shakeup; Indian utility fined US$1.3 million over coal ash disaster.
CoalWire 297, October 31, 2019
South Africa rejects coal mine; Romanian court blocks mine expansion; bankruptcy for third largest US coal company.
CoalWire 293, September 26, 2019
Study finds all coal power plants must close by 2040; Greece sets 2028 lignite end date; Spanish coal power collapses.
CoalWire 284, July 25, 2019
French journalist arrested at Adani protest; carbon price bites European coal; big US plant shuttered; legal challenge filed against extension of Greek plant; sentence of ex-Indonesian minister increased over coal power bribe.
CoalWire 180, April 27, 2017
UK coal-free day; protest shuts Myanmar mine; Coal India slashes forecast; Eskom crisis grows.