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New plant in Scotland will have to prove that carbon capture technology worksThe first application to build a coal plant in Britain since energy secretary Ed Miliband introduced tough new environmental rules will be submitted...

The coal 'gasification' stakes are high – not least because the company behind the plan is called Clean Coal LtdKing coal is ready for a British comeback in a form that sounds more like medieval hellfire than an energy...

Drax has shelved its biofuel plans, yet still boasts publicly about 'undertaking the largest biomass co-firing project in the world'Drax is Britain's biggest power station...

Unless the energy bill mandates tighter emissions standards for coal-fired power stations, the UK will miss its carbon-cut targetsThe future of coal-fired power stations is a burning issue...

Seriously, when do we say, chopping the top off a mountain, killing a vital ecosystem, and poisoning a bunch of people is not worth “cheap” energy...

This is a guest post by Gregor Macdonald. Gregor's blog is gregor.us.

Last week I wrote about the SAGD process and how it is used to extract the heavy oil/bitumen from the oil sands up in Alberta. What I will write about this week is the more general topic of In Situ ("in place") Combustion....

Robert Rapier has been asked to contribute articles to Forbes blog, and this article is the first of his posts there.

The “Don’t Fear the 2010s” article written by Nick Gillespie of the Wall Street Journal featured a section on Peak Oil and, after reading it, I found myself uttering the famous words of Homer Simpson: “Doh.” The...

Mothballed coal plants are vital back-up, says Paul GolbyEnvironmentalists condemn carbon-intensive power sourceAgeing coal-fired power stations should be exempted from environmental regulations and kept open to stop the...

The government's new green initiatives are unlikely to come online fast enough to plug our growing energy gapIt was supposed to be a great leap forward in Britain's green energy revolution...

Power stations working around the clock to meet increased demand from freezing householdsA large number of older coal-fired power stations which until recently had been operating on restricted hours as they incur tough emissions...

Due to the fact that our current energy grid is roughly 51% coal-powered, electric cars and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have taken some heat as being more polluting than their manufacturers claim, and as we get closer to the...

It’s been known for a long time that the emissions from coal are harmful, both to the environment and human health. Yet, because it’s so plentiful, the U.S. still gets the majority of its electricity from coal-fired...

Eleven sites for nuclear reactors announced as part of UK energy strategy that includes 'clean coal' and wind powerA new fleet of nuclear power stations was today backed by the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, as he outlined...