IEEFA India: NTPC leads electricity sector transition
September 12, 2019 (IEEFA India) – NTPC, the largest thermal power generation company in India, is a transition leader in India’s electricity sector, a new IEEFA briefing note has found. Entitled NTPC...
View ArticleIEEFA India: NTPC is leading electricity sector transition
September 12, 2019 (IEEFA India) – NTPC, the largest thermal power generation company in India, is a transition leader in India’s electricity sector, a new IEEFA briefing note has found. Entitled NTPC...
View ArticleVistra Energy agrees to shut another coal plant in Illinois
Chicago Tribune: One of the dirtiest coal plants in Illinois will close within the next three years, the latest sign that the lung-damaging, climate-changing source of electricity is on the way out in...
View ArticleEconomics-driven surge in renewable generation has turned electricity markets...
Bloomberg: The chief executive of the world’s largest private coal company sat before a group of U.S. lawmakers who wanted to know whether the fuel had a future. He didn’t hesitate. “Coal,” he said,...
View ArticleIEEFA report: Philippine energy outlook reflects shifts in rules, risk, and...
September 18, 2019 (IEEFA Asia) – The Philippine energy sector is grappling with changes at the national and global levels generated by increased demands for transparency in bidding and pricing while...
View ArticleWood Mackenzie: U.S. solar development hits record 37.9GW
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The pipeline of solar projects in the U.S. has reached an all-time high of 37.9 GW, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries...
View ArticlePhilippines: Renewables could cut electricity rates by 30 percent
MSN Philippines News: HEAVY RELIANCE on imported fossil fuels, high financing costs and uncompetitive market structures have contributed to make electricity prices in the Philippines among the highest...
View ArticleIEEFA 한국: 두산중공업
2019년 9월 23일(IEEFA 한국): 새로 발간된 보고서에 따르면, 최근 5년은 두산중공업 주주들에게는 암담한 시간이었던 것으로 나타났다. 주가가 거의 75% 급락한 두산중공업의 현재 시가총액은 10억 달러에 불과하다. 에너지경제·재무분석연구소(IEEFA)에서 발간한 ‘두산중공업―부정적발감사가 필요한 시점’ 보고서는 조심스러운 문구로 작성된 두산중공업의...
View ArticleIEEFA South Korea: Doosan Heavy – time for a forensic audit
(IEEFA South Korea) – A new report finds the past five years have been dire for Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and its shareholders, with the company enjoying a market...
View ArticleDominion plans 2,600MW offshore wind project, largest in U.S.
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion Energy on Thursday announced plans to build the nation’s largest offshore wind farm off the coast of Virginia — a 220-turbine installation that would power 650,000...
View ArticleShutdown begins at 2,400MW Navajo Generating Station in Arizona, Unit 3 taken...
Bloomberg Environment: The largest coal plant in the West has shut down one of its three units, marking another step in the plant’s now nearly certain demise. “Unit 3 is indeed offline and will likely...
View ArticleMarket forces pushing coal off the grid in the U.S.
CNN: President Donald Trump has gutted regulations on the coal industry, falsely claimed that windmills cause cancer and installed a former coal lobbyist to lead the EPA. In the face of those efforts...
View ArticleColorado co-op shuts down Nucla coal plant three years early
The Denver Post: Tri-State Generation and Transmission, which provides wholesale power to rural electric associations across Colorado, has officially closed one of its coal power plants ahead of...
View ArticleNorth Macedonia considers scrapping aging coal plant, replacing it with solar
PV Magazine: North Macedonia’s state-owned electric company Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) is planning to expand the generation capacity of the solar project it is building at its 125 MW TPP...
View ArticleIEEFA update: Poland’s PGE utility delays energy transition
September 26, 2019 (IEEFA Europe) ‒ Poland’s biggest electric utility, PGE, one of the world’s most coal-intensive energy companies, is delaying a transition to renewables even as the financial...
View ArticleEIA: Coal generated 24% of U.S. electricity through July, renewables at 18.6%
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Natural gas-fired and renewable generation increased across the U.S. in July while generation from coal continued to fall. According to the U.S. Energy...
View ArticleS&P: 10,000MW of renewable energy capacity to be operating in New Mexico by 2030
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): New Mexico’s recently bolstered renewable portfolio standard, or RPS, is expected to be a major driver as Market Intelligence estimates over 10,000 MW of...
View ArticleRWE aims to cut carbon emissions 70% by 2030, be climate neutral by 2040
Bloomberg: RWE AG, Europe’s biggest carbon-dioxide emitter, plans to become climate neutral by 2040 as the German utility shutters its remaining coal-fired power plants. Chief Executive Officer Rolf...
View ArticleEndesa plans to close all coal capacity in Spain, Portugal
Greentech Media: Coal power is no longer competitive in mainland Spain, according to Enel subsidiary Endesa, as the company plans to shut down all of its coal-fired generation capacity on the Iberian...
View ArticleDuke moves up retirement dates for five coal units in North Carolina
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Duke Energy Carolinas LLC identified early retirement plans for five coal units in an annual depreciation study filed with North Carolina regulators as part of...
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