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Wholesale energy prices, emissions falling

Wholesale electricity prices and carbon emissions dropped in the December quarter as solar and wind displaced coal-fired generation, but prices remain elevated.

AAP

Record levels of renewable energy push demand for electricity from the grid to all-time low for December quarter

Increased output from renewables, with a near-zero fuel cost, also nudged more coal and gas out of the generation market

The Guardian - AU

Chinese-backed coal producer Yancoal records strong financial gains thanks to strong prices

Yancoal's strong results on record prices

Newcastle Herald

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Farmers oppose seismic testing and Hunter Gas Pipeline

The landholders are also opposed to Santos' planned Hunter Gas Pipeline project, which they say would destroy the heavily settled farming district if built.

Newcastle Herald

Households to be paid again to slash electricity use as coal plants set on standby

The grid has had to take unusual measures to ensure stable supply, but experts say it shows the system is working

Evening Standard

AGL names the date when it will pull the plug on Liddell

Liddell Power Station will shut down on April 28, the plant's owner AGL confirmed on Monday.

Newcastle Herald

New report highights steel industry under pressure to decarbonise

Cutting greenhouse gases from steelmaking

Newcastle Herald

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Nottinghamshire coal plant to stand down after orders to begin warming up

It was announced over the weekend that three UK coal plants, including the one in West Burton, near Retford, would begin to warm up.

Nottingham Post

Plans to turn former Wearmouth Colliery into heat network could be 'transformational'

Should the project receive the green light for the test site, they will have a drilling window between July 2023 and April 2024

Chronicle Live

Coal power plants on standby with blackout prevention scheme to go live

THREE coal power plants are on standby as the scheme designed to stop blackouts is set to go live for the first time.

The National (Scotland)

Coal plants ordered to start warming up to supply electricity as cold snap bites

Electricity supply margins may be tighter than normal on Monday, according to predicted forecasts

Wales Online

Clean energy gains a foothold in India, but coal still rules

For six years, farmer Pravinbhai Parmar in west India has been using solar power for irrigation

The Independent UK

Having legislated 'a price emergency', governments must now make coal intervention work

Details of the domestic coal price cap

Newcastle Herald

National Grid to offer discounts to households that save energy amid cold weather

Coal power plants are being put on standby as freezing fog hits England

The Independent UK

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Salon

Protestors fight coal mine expansion

Police dispersed hundreds of protestors rallying to save a tiny village from demolition

Newcastle Herald

NSW government acknowledges 'transport' concerns in coal reservation talks with industry

Fears domestic coal policy could put coal trucks back on Hunter roads

The Guardian - UK

Coal power stations fired up and customers paid to cut energy use in UK cold snap

National Grid asks Drax and EDF to start warming three plants and says it will activate its live demand flexibility service on Monday evening

The Guardian - US

Landmark deals give Indigenous key role in Canada resource projects

YQT community signs unprecedented agreement with coal company giving Indigenous leadership ‘veto’ on proposed project

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The Stats Guy: How Australian coal can help Germany beat its energy crisis

In the very West of Germany lies Luetzerath. It’s an obscure and tiny settlement. Nobody ever cared about it – until recently that is.

ABC News

Environmental groups plan fresh legal action against mine as New Acland ramps up recruitment drive

Environmental groups are planning fresh legal action against the New Acland Coal mine, arguing a permit obtained by the mine is "a licence to take or interfere with water".

ABC News

Acclaimed Indian journalist slams ICICI Bank's 'silent arrogance' over failed WA coal mine

A leading Indian investigative reporter has labelled the country's biggest private bank, which is at the centre of an unfolding energy crisis in Australia, secretive and "arrogant".

The Independent UK

W.Va. bills pass on carbon sequestration, hydrogen hubs

Two bills that would make it easier for hydrogen hubs and underground carbon sequestration projects to come to historically coal-dependent West Virginia are headed to the desk of Republican Gov. Jim Justice

France 24

Here's what we know about Greta Thunberg's alleged ‘staged’ arrest in Germany

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was arrested on Tuesday, January 17 during a sit-in protest against the expansion of a coal mine in Lützerath, Germany. A video showing Greta seeming to pose for photographers while being held by police officers garnered more than ten million views in two days and fed…

Insider UK

Coalition steps up court fight over rent control and eviction ban

A Petition for Judicial Review has been submitted to the Court of Session

Chronicle Live

The Hebburn mum who took on British Coal over choking fumes and poisonous puddles - and won

Jennie's David and Goliath battle dominated her life for decades

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