Progress in Clean Coal Combustion Is a Remarkable Achievement, So Let’s Get on with Building More New Coal Plants

South Africa is poised to delay the retirement of about a fifth of its coal-fired electricity-generation capacity as gas projects.

Chinese firms are accelerating the pace at which they propose new coal-fired power plants, even as the government moves to rein in growth after the rapid expansion in recent years.

Have you ever wondered how not to do a grid reliability study? Well, dear reader, today is your lucky day!

Eskom, the world’s biggest emitter of the toxin sulphur dioxide, presented a study that argues against the cost of installing equipment to limit emissions, risking a breach of a World Bank loan agreement and riling environmental activists.

It’s almost like China doesn’t give a toss about climate change, eh? Just quietly, while everyone was gushing tears over a two year extension to a fifty year old Australian plant, China added a gargantuan number of brand new coal plants.