Coal Power News
Continental Coal Limited
A leading South African thermal coal producer, the portfolio of Continental Coal Limited includes producing and advanced coal projects located in South Africa’s major coal fields. With two currently operating mines, Vlakvarkfontein and Ferreira, producing 2Mtpa of thermal coal for the export and domestic markets, Continental’s aim for 2011 is to develop two more thermal [...]
EIA Says U.S is Delivering the Pledge to Move Beyond Coal
While the debt ceiling issue and the credit rating downgrade have been keeping the U.S under intense global scrutiny over the past few months, findings by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) that production of electricity from coal in the United States has dropped to its lowest ever in the last 30 years is definitely very [...]
South Africa’s Energy Future
With developing alternative sources of energy having become a top priority globally, especially with nuclear technology being looked at increasingly skeptically after the Japan disaster, we spoke to Ms. Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, the Energy Minister of South Africa, to find out where she thinks the future of South Africa’s Energy sector lies. Ms. Elizabeth Dipuo Peters [...]
Origin Energy
Fuelling growth: Australia’s energy options Origin is the largest owner and developer of gas-fired power generation in Australia. Origin also produces renewable energy from wind farms. The total operating generation capacity of Origin’s power stations is currently 2,250 MW and this will be increased to 2,800 MW by the upcoming completion of the Mort Lake [...]
Alpha’s Massey’ve Acquisition!
Kevin Crutchfield, CEO, Alpha Natural Resources Inc. said that Massey Energy Co. tops its list of companies to acquire this year. He strongly feels that Alpha’s step to agree to pay 21 percent premium for Massey energy based in Richmond, VA is completely worth it. What makes him think so is the fact that this [...]
