Continued expansion in China’s coal fleet and a slowdown in plant retirements in the United States and Europe in 2023 resulted in the highest net increase in global operating coal capacity since 2016, Roman Bilousov from Enertus AG said. While the slower retirements outside China are expected to be a…
China’s imports of thermal coal in November are poised to surge to the second-highest monthly total this year, helping drive prices higher for the grades most commonly sought by the world’s biggest buyer of the power station fuel. Thermal coal imports are expected to be around 29.21 million metric tons…
3.8 million people in Poland depend on coal to keep their homes heated through harsh northern winters. Last month when the European Union slapped sanctions on Russian coal, Poles flocked to local coal mines, queueing for days in the late August heat and sleeping in their cars in hopes of securing enough coal to make…
During an April 29 meeting, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov assigned the Atyrau Region’s administration to protect the city and surrounding settlements from approaching flood waters, as the Zhaiyk River water level is rising every day, reported the Prime Minister’s press service. Photo credit: Emergency Situation Department of the Atyrau Region. Click to see the…
Photo: Getty Images. Consequences of Russian strikes on energy facilities (archive photo) Now the company is looking for energy equipment in Europe and some countries are already ready to help. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian aggressors, the thermal power plant of the DTEK holding has been subjected to almost 180…
The Akimat of Balkhash and the carrier were able to agree on the amount of subsidies for socially important routes, and new buses went on line for the first time, reports the correspondent. New buses produced by the Saransk QazTehna plant arrived in Balkhash in mid-March . Balkhash residents have been waiting for the arrival…
China is far outpacing the rest of the world in terms of new clean energy capacity additions, but it’s powering all that expansion with the dirtiest fossil fuel. As China’s clean energy production potential balloons, the nation’s carbon efficiency is moving backwards. The world desperately needs all that new clean energy in order to achieve…
One of the largest energy sources in the world, which was once considered a substitute for coal, may have an even more detrimental impact on the environment than the energy sources it aims to replace, and could contribute to accelerating global warming more rapidly than other established polluters. New findings from Cornell University reveal that…
Nine students from the Karaganda region participated in the VI Republican Olympiad in Kazakh language and literature “Abaitanu” among students of grades 9–11 with Kazakh language of instruction, five of them took prizes, reports the akimat of the Karaganda region . The first was the tenth grader of school No. 61 Nurgasyr Izat. And four…
According to the department, on the evening of April 28, in the Frunzensky district of the Northern capital, a traffic conflict occurred near house 271 on Ligovsky Avenue. During the incident, the driver of the foreign car fired a traumatic pistol into the air and fled. The identity of the shooter has been established –…