Coalburns

John Durie is the paper's senior business commentator. He has been a business reporter for 35 years, starting his career in the Canberra Press Gallery in 1980. John worked for 13 years as Chanticleer Columnist for the AFR, four years as business ...

Scientists wondered what would happen if you burned biomass in a controlled environment, such as in a power plant, that at least partially replaces using a fossil fuel. To find out they examined practices at the University of Iowa Power Plant, where ...

Coal burns 5 big EU utilities. After backing outdated business models that rely on coal, the share values of Europe's biggest utilities dropped dramatically, reports EurActiv.com. The Carbon Tracker Initiative has stated that the five largest publicly ...

Dr Mohd Zamzam Jaafar says at the current rate of global development, countries dependent on coal for power generation will have to pay dearly for the fuel both as price and energy demands increase. ― File picKUALA LUMPUR, June 10 ― Malaysia needs ...

State government anger at the Abbott Government's stalled Renewable Energy Target is likely to grow with a new report this week revealing nearly eight million people are now employed in the sector globally. The report, released by the International ...

Investments in wind and solar energy can help make the city become more 'green'. DESIGN: OMER ASIM. To figure out where Karachi is spending all its energy, it is necessary to develop the city's energy profile, both in terms of production and consumption.