Industry Focus

2017.01.09

Shanghai Electric secures generation licence

KARACHI: Chinese firm Shanghai Electric Group secured a licence to set up a coal-fired power project with an estimated generation capacity of 1,320 megawatts, a document showed on Friday. Shanghai Electric, which agreed to acquire majority stake in K-Electric, will establish the plant to be run on indigenous coal at Block-I ...

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2017.01.06

Coal-fired plants, emissions targets to be decided shortly

POWER ISSUES will be a major concern in this year, as the fate of the Krabi and Thepa coal-fired power plants will be determined and the quest to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions remains unfulfilled. Power-plant development will be in focus in 2017, as the government solicits public opinion on the Krabi coal-fired power plant ...

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2016.12.30

Nation announces caps for 2017 energy use in clean fuel drive

China aims to cap total primary energy consumption at around 4.4 billion tons of coal equivalent in 2017, the director of the National Energy Administration (NEA) said, close to 2016 levels as the country continues a push to use cleaner fuel. The world's biggest consumer of energy plans to lift the ratio of natural gas in i...

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2016.12.26

EU approves Drax’s power plant switch to biomass

LONDON: Britain’s largest coal power producer Drax gained European Union (EU) Commission approval to convert a third power plant unit to biomass from coal, sending shares in the London-listed company to a five-month high. The Commission opened an investigation into government support for the project in January and concluded...

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2016.12.23

Trump Brings Optimism to Hard-Hit Coal Communities

It’s understandable why America’s coal communities are experiencing some hope after almost a decade of despair. President-Elect Donald Trump, who vowed to revive America’s coal industry, will be replacing a president who vowed to bankrupt it. It’s an amazing turn of events, with coal’s potential savior unexpectedly ...

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2016.12.16

China to boost biomass energy development in 2016-2020

China will boost the development of biomass energy in the next five years to reduce coal consumption and improve air quality, the National Energy Administration said Monday. China will achieve biomass energy equivalent of 58 million of tonnes by 2020, according to the administration's 2016-2020 biomass energy development pl...

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