Coal rush! Energy crisis fires global hunt for polluting fuel
The sleepy Tanzanian port of Mtwara mainly dealt in cashew nuts until late last year. Now it bustles with vessels loading up with coal, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drives…
Winds of change shift Germany’s economic power northwards
Germany’s wet and windswept north has long lacked the economic appeal of the industrial south but the green transition and an energy crisis sparked by war in Ukraine is shifting…
Solar power – tread with care
The government is planning in haste to install 10,000 MW solar energy projects. The premise presented is to lower the bill of costly imported fuel. There are no two ways…
India seen facing wider coal shortages, worsening power outage risks
India is expected to face a wider coal shortage during the quarter ending September over expectations of higher power demand, an internal power ministry presentation seen by Reuters showed, worsening…
Indigenous coal crucial to country’s energy security
Pakistan must pursue its indigenous coal objective for its long-term strategic energy security. The utilisation of the massive lignite reserves of 175.5 billion tonnes, the world’s sixth largest and equivalent…
Power situation today
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, while inaugurating the country's fifth nuclear power plant (C-4) reiterated PML-N's commitment to the country dating from the party's 2013 manifesto: an end to load…
Water and power security
Over the last many years, the focus of each government in office has been on two subjects: internal and external security of the nation; and energy security. In the last…
Cold weather, sky-high gas prices burnish coal’s appeal
A perfect storm of freezing temperatures and a supply-led gas price rally has stoked thermal coal demand, with prices at multi-year highs, reminding power suppliers and consumers that its appeal…
New IGCEP for power capacity planning
A new IGCEP (Indicated Generation Capacity Expansion Plan) has been submitted by NTDC (National Transmission and Despatch Company) for the regulator’s approval. There are some questionable recommendations made in the…
Shooting the messenger? Shipping carries the can as investors shun coal
Shipping companies that transport the world’s coal are in the crosshairs of some financial backers who are cleaning up their businesses in the absence of a truly global drive by…
