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China’s power and steel industries continue to invest in coal-based capacity, complicating carbon goals

The heatwaves and droughts have once again underscored China’s vulnerability to climate change and extreme weather, strengthening the case for the country to act. The …

1-Year Later: China’s Ban on Overseas Coal Power Projects and Its Global Climate Impacts

One year after President Xi Jinping announced China would “not build new coal-fired power projects abroad“, there has been a significant dent in the country’s …

Financing Putin’s war: Fossil fuel exports from Russia in the first six months of the invasion of Ukraine

To shed light on who purchases Russiaʼs oil, gas and coal, and how the volume and value of imports have changed since the start of the invasion, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air has compiled a detailed dataset of pipeline and seaborne trade in Russian fossil fuels.

Fossil fuel imports from Russia to South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan in the first five months of the invasion of Ukraine

This briefing assesses fossil fuel imports from Russia to three East Asian democracies, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, that have expressed support for Ukraine in …

Power system adequacy and “New Power System” development in China

China has pledged to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, which has set a long-term goal for reducing emissions. The …

Financing Putin’s war: Fossil fuel imports from Russia in the first 100 days of the invasion

To shed light on who purchases Russia’s oil, gas and coal, and how the volume and value of imports have changed since the start of the invasion, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air has compiled a detailed dataset of pipeline and seaborne trade in Russian fossil fuels.

The Health & Economic Impacts of Ambient Air Quality in Malaysia

Air pollution in Malaysia is caused by emissions from a growing number of sources from industrial manufacturing, power generation, vehicles, and open burning activities. Additionally, …

Shocked into action

In response to Russia’s aggression and soaring fossil prices, most EU Member States have announced significant increases in renewables deployment, while scaling down plans for …

Health & Economic Impacts of the Lae- Papua New Guinea Coal Power Plant

The Lae Enviro Energy Park (EEP) coal-fired power plant is a proposed 52 megawatt (MW) project in Papua New Guinea being developed by Australia-based, Mayur …

Failure to load: India’s power crisis is a coal management crisis

May 29, 2022 Going by coal stocks in thermal power stations (TPPs), India’s current power crisis is unlikely to be resolved soon. The onset of …

False fix: the hidden health impacts
of Europe’s fossil gas dependency

First of its kind analysis on the health harm of burning fossil gas shows that in 2019 alone, burning fossil gas for power (and heat) …

Financing Putin’s war on Europe: Fossil fuel imports from Russia in the first two months of the invasion

Corrected version: we detected errors in our data on pipeline gas imports into the EU; these have been corrected. We have also improved the allocation …

12.8 GW of Chinese overseas coal project cancelled, but 57 GW could still go ahead

China’s “no new coal overseas” policy has already had a significant impact on the coal power pipeline in the rest of the world. The newly …

Health impacts of Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station, Maharashtra

With a capacity of 2,920 megawatts, the Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS), around 150kms south of Nagpur in Maharashtra – is one of the …

Air Quality, Health and Economic Impact Assessment of the Jambi-1 Coal Power Plant

PLTU Jambi-1 is a proposed 2 x 300 MW independent power producer (IPP) coal-fired power plant in Sarolangun, Jambi, Indonesia that will burn low-rank coal …

Health Impacts Assessment of the Integrated Steel Plant, JSW Utkal Steel Limited in Odisha, India

JSW Utkal Steel Limited, an Indian steel company, has proposed an integrated steel plant for the production of 13.2 MTPA crude steel near the Paradip …

Tracing the Hazy Air : Progress Report on National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

With India’s infamous air pollution levels gaining traction from the global press and local activists, the Centre, in January 2019, launched the country’s first National …

Bridge to Death: Air Quality And Health Impacts of Fossil Gas Power

Gas power’s role as a bridge in energy transition is widely accepted in South Korea, and the country’s 9th Basic Plan for Long-term Electricity Supply …

Air quality, health and toxics impacts of coal power and coal mining in Coahuila, Mexico

The Carbón 1 & 2 power plants, with a combined capacity of 2,600 megawatts(MW), in Coahuila, North Mexico, constitute the largest coal-burning facility andone of …

Emission Watch – Status assessment of SO₂ emissions and FGD Installation for coal-based power plants in Tamil Nadu

This report produced with Poovulagin Nanbargal and Asar, we looked at status of emission and FGD (Flue Gas Desulphurisation) installations at coal-based power plants in …

SOUTH ASIA – RIPE FOR CLOSURE: Ready for fossil phase out

A new report released by CREA and TransitionZero looks at electricity demand and supply in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, where close to 75 GW of excess fossil fuel capacity can be phased out without affecting the reliability of electricity supply in these countries.

EUROPE – RIPE FOR CLOSURE: Accelerating the energy transition and saving money by reducing excess fossil fuel capacity

Estimating excess operating fossil fuel-fired electricity capacity in 9 European countries.

Health Impacts of Coal Power Plant Emissions in Ukraine

Ukraine is home to some of the most highly emitting coal power plants in Europe and in the world. Coal-fired power plants in Ukraine are …

Comply or Close – How Western Balkan coal plants breach air pollution laws and cause deaths and what governments must do about it

For the past three years, new air pollution standards should have brought reductions in harmful emissions from coal plants across the Western Balkans. But in …

CO2 Emissions from Pakistan’s Energy sector

Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to the adverse impacts of climate change, as well as air pollution. A report by German Watch …

China key regions meet modest winter air quality targets, as cleaner heating offsets swelling industrial emissions

China’s three key air pollution control regions met their modest winter targets as efforts to reduce heating-sector emissions and improved end-of-pipe controls in industrial plants …

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