Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has released, for public comment, an amendment to the Electricity Regulation Act, proposing an increase in the licensing-exemption threshold for embedded power generation plants from 1 MW to 10 MW.

The New South Wales (NSW) government in Australia has stopped the development of two coal mines, which include China Shenhua Energy’s Shenhua Watermark coal project.

The proportion was 56.8 percent in 2020 and 57.7 percent in 2019.

Inefficient coal power plants may be forced out of the market in a shorter time frame than expected, he said.

Gobal energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could surge by 1.5-billion tonnes in 2021 to 33-billion tonnes, reversing most of last year’s decline caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, as rebounding coal demand in the electricity sector more than offsets re...

The JSE-listed coal-mining company Wescoal is looking to possibly becoming a broader energy company in which coal remains a substantial but reducing component alongside other energy pursuits such as renewables, Wescoal interim CEO Robinson Ramaite said on Mond...

These projects will bring "rigorous risks and challenges" to the environment, it said.

The idled coal mine in Australia is expected to be restarted from July 2021