Australia’s high wholesale electricity prices are the “new normal” and politicians need to be honest with voters about it, the Grattan Institute thinktank says. It says federal and state governments must tell voters that government intervention to keep ageing legacy assets – such as old coal-fired power stations – working is a poor long-term solution […]

Coal’s contribution to U.S. power generation has slipped to where it was before Donald Trump became president, despite his repeated vow to bring back the industry. The fossil fuel accounted for just 24 percent of America’s power mix in April, the lowest level since March 2016 and about half its market share when George W. […]

India: Coal-fired power plants, often regarded as polluting relics in an era of clean energy, are making a comeback in the government’s thinking as an official study says the rapid growth in solar projects needs to be matched with new investment in steady, 24×7 electricity supply from thermal projects. A study carried out by the power […]

According to the ECOWAS Commissioner for energy and mines, Sédiko Douka, only 40% of the population within west African region and the Sahel region have access to electricity supply. To overcome this shortfall, on Tuesday stakeholders in the energy sector gathered at a regional workshop in Ghana’s capital Accra, to develop modalities to implement the […]