Clean Coal Technology

Calls to cool down on coal

While delegates from 200 countries come together to ramp up climate action and investors worldwide call for an end to banking on coal as part of the energy mix, the Trump administration followed through with its threat to host a fossil-fuel promotional side event at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP24), currently held in the Polish coal capital of Katowice.Amidst protests and jeering from climate campaigners, only Poland and Australia were represented at the event intended to “showcase w

14 December 2018
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Clean coal clean enough?

Southeast Asia’s energy demands are expected to increase by 60 percent in 2040 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), with increasing electricity consumption driving up the demand for coal as well.Coal will constitute 40 percent of this growth, to cater to Southeast Asia’s demand for 565 gigawatts (GW) of electricity by 2040, as reported by the IEA.ASEAN has agreed that in order to ensure sustainable coal use in the region, clean coal technologies to curb the release of harmful c

6 November 2018
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Fossil-fuel doublespeak

Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, too many policymakers have fallen for the oil and gas industry’s rhetoric about how it can help to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

17 July 2018
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Is clean coal a viable option to renewable energy in Southeast Asia?

 Southeast Asia’s energy demands are expected to increase by 60% in 2040 according to the International Energy Agency, with increasing electricity consumption driving up the demand for coal as well. Coal will constitute 40% of this growth, to cater to Southeast Asia’s demand for 565GW of electricity by 2040, as reported by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in October 2017.

7 February 2018
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