The World’s Most Efficient Coal-Fired Power Plants
International efforts to mitigate climate impacts have intensely scrutinized carbon emissions from the electricity sector. Coal, in particular, has been targeted as a source of…
Fossil Fuels
China’s coal industry freezes over
BEIJING – Coal provides nearly two thirds of China’s energy, but for mining companies, this winter could not be more chilly. The government has done…
Gazprom announces final nail in the South Stream coffin
Europe will have to get gas via Turkey or Ukraine, there will be no direct transcontinental pipeline to Europe, Gazprom has confirmed. It is disappointing…
What’s oil shale?
Since 2008 lots of things have been changing for Oil shale – this article is useful to appreciate (in retrospective) how many, how much. People…