Coal

Carbon capture and storage is seen as crucial for the future of the coal industry - but can it compete against ever-cheaper renewables and battery storage?

Prestigious university blacklists investments in coal and tar sands, and reveals plans to pressure fund managers to factor climate change into investment decisions following year-long review

Bloomberg New Energy Finance 2016 predicts fossil fuel power could peak by 2025

Scientists and innovators are investigating ways to re-use carbon dioxide gas, thereby avoiding it entering the atmosphere and contributing to global warming, says Policy Exchange's Richard Howard

Longer days helped solar panels generate 50 per cent more electricity than coal across the whole of May, analysis shows

Days after government is forced to deny it is considering watering down its coal phase-out pledge, Bright Blue think tank argues end date for unabated coal power can be brought forward

1GW plant in Staffordshire will close within weeks due to worsening conditions for coal operators

Developing CCS could allow more carbon to be unlocked while also limiting global warming in line with the Paris Agreement

Over the last week UK passed an historic milestone, with amount of UK electricity powered from coal falling to zero for the first time since 1882

DECC-funded research argues several sites could be fully operational by 2030