Coal

Eastspring, Reviva to develop private equity strategy to shutter emerging market coal plants

The initiative targets the significant emissions challenge posed by the world’s coal fleet

Chinese thermal coal prices have yet to reflect Indonesia’s plans, partly due to a lull in trading before the Chinese New Year.

China could lift coal output this year due to Indonesian curbs

The South-east Asian nation is the world’s biggest exporter of power station coal

Solar panels are arranged to resemble pandas at a power plant in Datong. Even with a headlong renewables build-out, China's rising electricity consumption means that any shortfalls are met by coal generators.

China’s energy future still runs on old technology

The country already has the power grid of the future; the problem is it’s being used in a grossly inefficient manner

Most of China’s new capacity is expected to come from renewables, led by wind and solar, which together would account for about 300 gigawatts of the increase.

China’s solar power capacity on course to surpass coal this year

The Asian nation runs on some of the world’s cheapest electricity at more than twice the scale of the US

China is by far the world’s biggest coal user.

China sees record coal plant bids even as usage declines: report

Beijing wants to shift coal from baseload supplier of electricity to a role supporting solar and wind, which fluctuate through the day

Coal is unloaded from the barge into a truck to be distributed at a port in North Jakarta. Indonesia’s Coal Mining Association represents companies producing two-thirds of Indonesia’s coal.

Indonesia coal miners warn of layoffs, economic risks over proposed output cuts

The trims aim to push up the plunging thermal coal prices amid fears of oversupply by the country

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“When the prices are good, businesses can reap better profit and the state can collect better royalties and taxes," says Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.

Indonesia to cut mining output quotas to support prices

It’s to ensure the prices of mineral commodities are “rational”, allowing the government in turn to earn more revenues