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Vietnam Shifts Focus To Solar Energy, Reducing Coal Reliance

Vietnam is transitioning to large solar farms, reducing coal use, and facing energy challenges in its evolving landscape.

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Vietnam plans energy shift toward building more solar, less reliance on gas and coal

Vietnam is revising its energy plans to focus more on large solar farms and less on reliance on coal and natural gas

The Independent UK

Climate talks: global south must seize the moment and take the lead

The US decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement has raised questions about whether progress can still be made on global policy to mitigate climate change. To explore these questions, Imraan Valodia, pro vice-chancellor: climate, sustainability and inequality and director of the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University…

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New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate

Debate over the future of Australia’s energy system has erupted again after a federal parliamentary inquiry delivered a report into the deployment of nuclear power in Australia.

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Matt Kean says suggestion Coalition could sack him if it wins election is ‘concerning threat’

Climate Change Authority chair says his job is to provide ‘frank and fearless advice’ after he criticised opposition’s nuclear energy proposal

The Guardian - AU

Coalition irked as report brands nuclear a non-starter

Establishing nuclear power generation in Australia would face major challenges and fall prone to delays, says a report critics brand as politically motivated.

AAP

How Whyalla can be upgraded to green steel and why we need to keep steel production in Australia

Financial challenges at the Whyalla steelworks in South Australia have reignited debate about the nation’s steel industry and its future.

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Bodies of missing coal miners found after 44-day search

Miners were trapped after their rat-hole mine flooded on 6 January

The Independent UK

Indonesia Industrial Coal Power Plans Undercut Emissions Pledge: Report

Indonesia's planned expansion of "captive" coal plants used to power industry is threatening its pledge to cut CO2 emissions by 2030 and close all coal-fired plants by a decade later, said a report published Thursday.

International Business Times

Glencore Looks To Leave London Stock Exchange As Falls Into Loss

Swiss mining and commodity trading giant Glencore said Wednesday it was considering shifting its stock listing from London after it stumbled into a net loss last year on falling coal prices and writing down the value of assets.

International Business Times

Polluter pays: Greens' enter fray on insurance costs

Forcing gas and coal firms to contribute to disaster resilience and the reinsurance pool is the latest suggestion from a political party to bring down premiums.

AAP

Family-run coal business set to close after more than 100 years of trading

A COAL merchant in Fife will close after being in business for more than 100 years ...

The National (Scotland)

The election could be called any day – but Peter Dutton still hasn’t explained how his nuclear proposal will work

His claim that nuclear power would lead to cheaper bills in the near future isn’t supported by the modelling released to back it up. But the soundbite survives …

The Guardian - AU

Heat pumps have a cosiness problem

How we keep warm at home accounts for 17% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. The UK cannot reach net zero emissions, and end its contribution to climate change, without ending its reliance on natural gas as the dominant source of heating.

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Newslaundry

From cyclones to heatwaves, how the climate crisis is tripping India’s power sector

Raghunadh was 15 when Cyclone Hudhud struck the coastline near his home at Bheemunipatnam, around 30 km from Visakhapatnam in coastal Andhra Pradesh on October 12, 2014.

The Independent UK

A roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying miners in southwestern Pakistan, killing 11 people

Authorities say a roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in restive southwest Pakistan, killing 11 people and wounding five others

Dynamite News

Pakistan: Explosion in Balochistan kills nine labourers, several injured

The blast occurred when a bomb planted on the road detonated near a vehicle carrying coal miners. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Billionaire to sell coal mine to prop up steelworks

Proceeds from a coal mine sale will be used to pump cash into the troubled Whyalla steelworks in a major debt deal.

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Capital & Main

The Data Center Surge Is Slowing the Phaseout of Fossil Fuels

Amid health concerns, residents in a Virginia community push back on proposed gas plant.

The Independent UK

New coal power plant projects in China hit the highest level in nearly 10 years, report says

A new report says China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade

The Guardian - AU

China’s coal power habit undercuts ‘unprecedented pace’ of clean energy

Minimum quotas for purchase of coal power and new project approvals threaten major advances in renewable energy production, thinktanks say

International Business Times

China's 2024 Coal Projects Threaten Climate Goals: Report

China last year began construction on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardising the country's goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030, according to a report published Thursday.

The Conversation

Sustainable economic growth in South Africa will come from renewables, not coal: what our model shows

Coal fired power stations produce 85% of South Africa’s electricity, making the country the biggest producer of harmful greenhouse-gas emissions in Africa. To move away from coal and meet its commitment to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, South Africa needs to dramatically increase production of renewable energy. New research…

Dynamite News

Goods train derailed in Raebareli NTPC; Full updates here...

The train that derailed was a 58-bogie goods train carrying coal from Dhanbad, Jharkhand that arrived at the NTPC campus on Monday. A must read on Dynamite News:

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AGL slams nuclear option, doubles down on big batteries

Australia's biggest emitter AGL Energy will build "a whole range of assets", but not nuclear reactors, to support the closure of 50-year-old coal power plants.

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