The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or FERC has released its latest report on the U.S. Energy Infrastructure Update. According to the report, 82% of all new electrical generating capacity in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2013 came from renewable energy sources. This totals to 1,546MW of generated electricity, [...]

A new report released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that U.S. power plants have decreased the release of heat-trapping gases by 4.6 percent in 2011 by burning less coal. What is the significance of this decrease? According to the EPA, power plants were responsible, in 2011, for 2.2 [...]

According to Time Magazine, China is burning as much coal as the rest of the world is cumulatively burning. What’s the problem with this? Time reports: “Coal already accounts for 20% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, making it one of the biggest causes of man-made climate change. Combine that with the direct damage that air pollution from [...]

Ontario is that much closer to completely phasing out coal from its energy mix. Recently, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that the Lambton Generating Station and the Nanticoke Generating Station are both closing at the end of this year, a full year ahead of schedule. The two coal-fired power plants are [...]

A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) says that coal will be the leading energy source in the world by 2022 due to the demand from India and China. “Coal’s share of the global energy mix continues to grow each year,” says IEA executive director Maria Van der Hoeven [...]

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is predicting that coal will likely rival oil as the world’s biggest source of energy in the next five years. And the agency warns this could trigger potentially disastrous consequences for our climate. The Guardian reports that one of the biggest factors behind the rise [...]

Despite strict regulations against air pollution, coal is making a huge comeback in Europe’s energy market. By the charts, coal production has increased by 6% in 2010 and 2011; gas production, by comparison, increased by only 3% and oil production increased by only 1.5%. With this increase in production and [...]

A government-backed think tank in Japan is highlighting the impact of a new carbon tax on the nation’s utilities companies. According to the report, Japan’s new tax on carbon emissions will cost utilities about 80 billion yen ($1.02 billion) annually from 2016. The think tank argues that this adds to [...]

Finland could soon make history if things pan out the way they’re supposed to. According to the Huffington Post, the country could soon become the first European nation to stop using coal – with a goal to phase out the energy source entirely by 2025. Finland reportedly imports all of [...]

A team of economists says it now has a better understanding of the impact of emerging air quality regulations on coal-fired power plants, imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Economists at the Brattle Group released a report earlier today. The new study found that 59,000 to 77,000 MW of [...]