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18

May 2023
Korea cement industry impacted by increasing electricity prices

Concerns arise as electricity tariffs increase, potentially impacting the cement and ready-mixed concrete industries, reports Newdaily. [PAID=]Rising costs are expected to lead to unavoidable price hikes, ...

15

Feb 2023
Votorantim Cimentos signs 10-year electricity supply contract with Acciona Energía

... of its electricity needs, writes Infobierzo. The use of this 25 percent clean energy results in a reduction of 6,400 tons of annual CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, which is the equivalent of 4,500 cars ...

16

Jan 2023
French Smurfit Kappa’s factory prepares to run on hydrogen electricity

... of 30 percent hydrogen and 70 percent natural gas. The aim is to demonstrate that renewable energy can be converted into hydrogen and serve as a flexible means of storing electricity that can later be ...

14

Sep 2022
Nuh Çimento to increase electricity capacity generated from waste

Turkish company to produce electricity through the recovery of waste heat [PAID=]Turkish-based Nuh Çimento has plans to increase the capacity of the electricity that it currently produces from waste ...

05

Sep 2022
Lessebo Paper affected by increasing electricity costs

On August 31, the electricity price resulted in a daily electricity cost of more than EUR 58,000 The electricity cost for Lessebo Paper has increased from EUR 3 million to EUR 19 million per year, ...

29

Aug 2022
Medcem Cement to produce own electricity using solar panels

Turkish-based company aims to minimize carbon footprint [PAID=]Turkish-based company Medcem Cement will produce its own electricity using 22,500 solar panels to minimize its carbon footprint. According ...

05

Aug 2022
Spasskcement's water recycling system now consumes less electricit

Frequency converter consumes half the energy and can go longer without repairs [PAID=]The electricity consumption of Spasskcement´s water recycling system has been reduced by almost 50 percent. The Russian ...

03

Jun 2022
SaltX Technology successfully produces clinker with electricity

... Linér, CEO of SaltX, said that the company succeeded in making cement with electricity in an industrial process, which is a milestone. "We are now moving forward quickly and planning for a robust industrial ...

24

Jan 2022
Slovenia to stop using coal for electricity generation by 2033

... coal for electricity production, as reported by Steel Orbis. This strategy is based on the principle of a fair transition, and takes into consideration the future of the people who work in the coal industry. ...

30

Dec 2021
Coal-fired electricity generation set to rise in the United States

This predicted increase is caused by the recent rise in the prices of natural gas The production of electricity in the United States generated by coal-fired power plants is believed to increase for ...

22

Nov 2021
Portugal stops using coal for electricity generation

The Pego Thermoelectric Power Plant, licensed until November 30, has finished its coal stocks [PAID=]Portugal is no longer using coal to produce electricity, since the Pego Thermoelectric Power Plant ...

25

Oct 2021
SLK Cement plant to save RUB 12 million a year on electricity costs

The savings will be enabled by the new Aggreko Eurasia's 6 MW energy complex [PAID=]Buzzi Unicem's SLK Cement plant in Korkino will be able to save RUB 12 million a year on electricity costs thanks to ...

05

Oct 2021
Electricity curtailment in China causes paper industry’s shutdowns and price hikes

Paper production is estimated to be reduced by about 700,000 tons from September to October [PAID=]China’s recent electricity curtailment detonated the paper industry’s shutdowns and price hikes, writes ...

27

Sep 2021
Rising cost of electricity threatens cement sector in Portugal

... in the cost of electricity threatens to put cement companies at a competitive disadvantage, informs Sapo.pt. “The announced end of the uninterruptible service, the exponential increase in the cost of ...

08

Sep 2021
Boral commits to use only renewable electricity by 2025

The goal is part of a commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 The Australian building products supplier Boral disclosed it is aiming to shift its electricity supply to 100 percent renewables ...

08

Sep 2021
Boral commits to use only renewable electricity by 2025

The goal is part of a commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 The Australian building products supplier Boral disclosed it is aiming to shift its electricity supply to 100 percent renewables ...

25

May 2021
Asia Cement's cement carriers to be powered by electricity while in berth

... at berth, using electricity provided by Taipower, reports Manifold Times. The company completed the two-phase shore power project in the ports of Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung and Hualien and on the four ...

25

May 2021
Asia Cement's cement carriers to be powered by electricity while in berth

... at berth, using electricity provided by Taipower, reports Manifold Times. The company completed the two-phase shore power project in the ports of Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung and Hualien and on the four ...

27

Jan 2021
Indonesian Huaqing Aluminum's aluminum-electricity project officially start

... Institute and Huafeng Group have officially started the design of the first phase of the Indonesian Huaqing Aluminum's integrated aluminum-electricity project, according to Finance Sina. Indonesia Huaqing ...

20

Jan 2021
Coal-fired electricity generation grows in Britain in the first week of the year

Poor weather conditions for renewable generation and high electricity demand caused to increase in coal-fired generation Coal and gas accounted for 60 percent of electricity generation in Great Britain ...

05

Jan 2021
Coal stockpiles grow in Poland amid pandemic, electricity imports and renewables

... electricity is dwindling, with domestic power production set to shrink by 5 percent this year, according to the energy news service WysokieNapiecie.pl. The pandemic, an increase of over 20 percent in ...

11

Dec 2020
Pakistan's Commerce Ministry proposes concessionary rates of electricity to cement industr

Recently, the government has announced an energy relief package for the industrial sector Pakistan's Commerce Ministry has proposed concessionary rates of electricity to cement industry on exportable ...

11

Dec 2020
Pakistan's Commerce Ministry proposes concessionary rates of electricity to cement industr

Recently, the government has announced an energy relief package for the industrial sector Pakistan's Commerce Ministry has proposed concessionary rates of electricity to cement industry on exportable ...

07

Dec 2020
Alberta to end coal-fired electricity generation ahead of schedule

... coal-fired electricity production ahead of its original schedule. Last month, Calgary-based TransAlta Corp. also disclosed plans of halting operations at its Highvale thermal coal mine, located west ...

01

Dec 2020
UK fires up coal plants to meet rise in electricity demand

The coal units accounted for six percent of the electricity mix last Thursday The United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday morning fired up some of its last remaining coal power plants to meet the rise in electricity ...

27

Nov 2020
Coal still accounts for over half of Philippines’ electricity output

The country’s peak electricity demand was logged in October or during the cold season Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) recently released data indicating that the Philippines remains heavily ...

27

Nov 2020
Coal still accounts for over half of Philippines’ electricity output

The country’s peak electricity demand was logged in October or during the cold season ...To read the full article on CoalWeek, click here.

26

Nov 2020
Uzbekistan's Ministry of Energy warns on false rumors of electricity cuts in cement plant

The institution said the supply of electricity to cement plants has not been interrupted Uzbekistan's Ministry of Energy has denied the rumors about cement plants being disconnected from electricity ...

02

Nov 2020
Poland’s electricity prices are highest in Europe due to increased coal rates

Data covered wholesale electricity prices for the April-September period [PAID=] Last April, Poland took over Greece in terms of wholesale electricity prices and in the April-September period this year, ...

02

Nov 2020
Poland’s electricity prices are highest in Europe due to increased coal rates

Data covered wholesale electricity prices for the April-September period [PAID=] Last April, Poland took over Greece in terms of wholesale electricity prices and in the April-September period this year, ...

02

Nov 2020
Poland’s electricity prices are highest in Europe due to increased coal rates

Data covered wholesale electricity prices for the April-September period ...To read the full article on CoalWeek, click here.

12

Oct 2020
Punjab buys electricity from national grid amid coal crisis in thermal plants

Coal shortage was caused by the farmers’ ongoing “Rail Roko” protests The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) disclosed that it was pressed to purchase electricity from the national grid ...

08

Oct 2020
U.S. coal output and share in electricity mix predicted to decline in 2020

... to increase by 19 percent year-on-year to 625 million short tons, as demand for the fossil fuel rebounds due to expected rising natural gas prices. Coal share in the country’s electricity generation ...

02

Oct 2020
Yongfengyu extracts plastic from recycled waste paper to generate electricity

... generate electricity, achieving "self-use electricity". Currently, there are industrial boilers or cement kilns, using standard SRF as an alternative fuel. SRF has three advantages: low environmental ...

17

Sep 2020
Australia’s aluminium industry struggles amid high electricity tariffs

Smelters have become unprofitable due to high electricity prices [PAID=] Australia’s head of International Aluminum Institute (IAI), Miles Prosser, recently warned of the challenges being faced by the ...

14

Sep 2020
Ukraine to remain dependent on coal-fired electricity for the next 15 years

This is despite the annual decline in coal consumption for thermal energy [PAID=] Ukraine’s Deputy Energy Minister, Maxim Nemchinov, announced that coal-fired electricity from thermal power plants (TPP) ...

09

Sep 2020
Vietnam to remain dependent on coal for electricity generation

Coal still plays an important role in ensuring energy security Deputy National Assembly Chairman Phung Quoc Hien on Monday said that Vietnam will remain dependent on coal for energy security in the ...

03

Sep 2020
Artificial intelligence to reduce electricity cost in cement production

... reports Industria Química. Artificial intelligence tools will be used to reduce electricity cost in the facilities. The electricity cost of a cement factory represents around 37 percent of its variable ...

03

Sep 2020
Artificial intelligence to reduce electricity cost in cement production

... reports Industria Química. Artificial intelligence tools will be used to reduce electricity cost in the facilities. The electricity cost of a cement factory represents around 37 percent of its variable ...

18

Aug 2020
Bulgaria to use coal-fired electricity until 2050

Minister says the use of coal is strategic for energy and national security Bulgaria’s Energy Minister, Temenuzhka Petkova, wrote a statement expressing plans to use coal for the country’s electricity ...

03

Jul 2020
Britain used less than 1 percent of coal in electricity generation from April to June

Coal resources were replaced by other renewable sources United Kingdom’s electricity generation for the months of April, May and June only used 0.19 percent of coal in its generation mix, reports Energy ...

30

Jun 2020
Spanish cement companies employing artificial intelligence technology to reduce electricity costs

Companies will be partnering with researchers for this project The University of Seville and the Andalusian Labor Foundation for Cement and the Environment (Flacema) have signed a scientific collaboration ...

30

Jun 2020
Spanish cement companies employing artificial intelligence technology to reduce electricity costs

Companies will be partnering with researchers for this project The University of Seville and the Andalusian Labor Foundation for Cement and the Environment (Flacema) have signed a scientific collaboration ...

31

Mar 2020
Delta Electricity looking to government climate policy initiative for coal plant upgrades

... International trading as Delta Electricity, wanted to apply for taxpayers’ support to help fund a USD 14 million initiative to replace turbine blades. The proposal, however, was delayed when the Clean ...

25

Mar 2020
India to invest on Coal Bed Methane for household electricity generation

Nationwide CBM resources stand above 90 trillion cubic feet [PAID=] The Indian coal ministry seeks to use Coal Bed Methane (CBM) extracted from coal seams during mining operation for household energy ...

06

Jan 2020
Uttar Pradesh Power rises electricity tariffs on higher coal prices

Energy costs have increased to over INR 60 per unit [PAID=] Uttar Pradesh Power (UPPCL) has risen its electricity tariffs to INR 66 per unit starting January 1, 2020, due to an increase in coal prices, ...

06

Jan 2020
Uttar Pradesh Power rises electricity tariffs on higher coal prices

Energy costs have increased to over INR 60 per unit [PAID=] Uttar Pradesh Power (UPPCL) has risen its electricity tariffs to INR 66 per unit starting January 1, 2020, due to an increase in coal prices, ...

27

Nov 2019
Coal-fueled electricity output to drop in 2019

Worldwide reduced coal power usage balanced by Asian increases [PAID=] Global coal electricity generation is set to decline about 3% in 2019, the largest recorded drop if it so happens, reports Carbon ...

13

Sep 2019
Poland to continue controlling electricity prices

During 2019, PiS implemented a limit on household power tariffs The ruling Law and Justice party, PiS, introduced a limit on household power tariffs during 2019, in an attempt to avoid sharp increases ...

13

Sep 2019
Poland to continue controlling electricity prices

During 2019, PiS implemented a limit on household power tariffs The ruling Law and Justice party, PiS, introduced a limit on household power tariffs during 2019, in an attempt to avoid sharp increases ...

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