Alstom has signed an agreement with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to supply and build a new ultra-supercritical unit at the Mae Moh...

Energy policy in the Czech Republic will increasingly focus on nuclear power, last year's catastrophe in Fukushima notwithstanding, writes Lubomir Sed...

Sometimes referred to as brown coal, lignite is a sedimentary rock formed from naturallycompressed peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal due ...

Contents include:Personal viewpoint - The privatisation of the electricitysupply industryThe potential of Northern Ireland’s lignite.  G McKay, S...

It's not just in the UK where a debate is taking place about the likely fuel mix for electricity generation and heating in the coming years. Here, loc...

A world leader in the development of renewables, Germany nonetheless remains heavily dependent on brown coal, or lignite, for its energ...

Data from the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) shows that emissions from gas power plants overtook those of lignite power plants for the first time...