Chinese scientists have developed a way to generate electricity and achieve higher energy efficiency than conventional burning methods, while producing zero carbon dioxide emissions, by placing coal ...

As I argued before, fuel switching is the primary near-term adjustment mechanism in any gas shortage, and coal is the primary substitute given its characteristics and, often, already existing ...

A much-discussed “return to coal” by some countries in the wake of the Iran war is likely to be far more limited than thought, amounting to a global rise of no more than 1.8% in coal power output this ...

The coal industry continues to be one of the world’s largest suppliers of energy. In the United States alone, about half a billion short tons of coal are converted to energy every year. Second only to ...