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July 10, 2018

China Improves Energy Intensity Amidst Indications of Structural Change

A study from the University of East Anglia has found that China may have already met its Paris Agreement pledge…
January 9, 2018

Implementation Plan for Coal Plant Closures by 2025

The UK Government has published its implementation plans for the closure of unabated coal plants by 2025. The decision to…
November 20, 2017

UK and Canada Launch Power Coal Alliance

The UK and Canada jointly launched the Power Coal Alliance at UN climate talks in Bonn this month, with the…
November 2, 2017
Clean Growth

Clean Growth Strategy Reaffirms Pledge to Phase out Coal

The government’s Clean Growth Strategy includes a wide range of measures designed to meet the UK’s legally binding commitment to…
September 5, 2017
energy-mix

Energy Trends Show a Continued Shift Away from Coal

UK energy trend data for Q1 2017 has been published by the government this month. The statistics show a continued…
November 14, 2016
power-plant

Government Consults on Coal Phase-Out

The government has published a consultation on the phase-out of unabated coal-fired plants by 2025. This consultation was one of…
October 11, 2016

Coal Generation Declines in 2016

Coal generation made up less than 6% of power generation in Q2 of 2016, compared to 20% at the same…
May 5, 2016

Decline in Coal Generation Influences Emissions

Provisional statistics for 2015 show that coal’s share of the electricity generation mix was, at 22.6%, 7.1 percentage points lower…