TOKYO: Japan plans to temporarily relax restrictions on coal fired power plants as it grapples with an energy shortage triggered by the ongoing Middle East conflict, a government official confirmed on Friday. Read More: Japan’s largest nuclear plant nears historic restart The move will allow older and less efficient coal-fired plants to operate at full capacity for one […]
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G7 to end state financing for coal power plants by end-2021
Berlin: The Group of Seven wealthy nations on Friday agreed to end state financing of coal-fired power plants by the end of this year and to “mostly decarbonise” their electricity supplies in the 2030s. “The G7 agree that further investments worldwide in coal-fired power generation must stop now, as they are not compatible with the […]
Bilawal introduces Thar coal control venture
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday introduced Pakistan’s first real coal-based power venture situated in Sindh’s Tharparkar District. “Today, the PPP has shown its faith in conveying for the majority. This venture and its prosperity is an achievement for all of Pakistan. The PPP and Sindh government has set a case […]
Thar coal power project to change destiny of Pakistan: Wahab
Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that Thar Coal Power Project will transform Pakistan into lights and will change its destiny. While talking to journalists at his office on Tuesday, the Advisor said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto had dreamt Thar to transform Pakistan. Today, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto’s dream fulfilled. “Smoke […]
Michael R. Bloomberg, Commissioner Arias Cañete join hands to step up Europe’s clean energy ambitions
SAN FRANCISCO: On the second day of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Bloomberg Philanthropies founder Michael R. Bloomberg and European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Cañete pledged to join efforts to manage the global transition away from coal. Bloomberg and Arias Cañete […]