Dec 11th 2018
Katowice, 11th December 2018 – The World Coal Association (WCA) has welcomed the publication of the Global Status of CCS: 2018 report calling on world leaders for enhanced support for CCS...
Dec 11th 2018
Liam McHugh, WCA Policy Manager, shares an update from COP24 in Poland, where technical negotiations surrounding the implementation of the Paris Agreement will soon reach the ‘political’ phase and...
Nov 28th 2018
This week, World Coal Association Policy Manager, Liam McHugh, will join industry leaders, government delegates and international experts for a series of focused events examining how CCUS can be...
Sep 10th 2018
In its 5th Strategic Energy Plan this year (2018), the Japanese Cabinet recognised coal as an important energy resource, necessary for the country’s base-load power supply, but it also highlighted...
Jul 31st 2018
Liam McHugh, WCA Policy Manager, shares highlights from Thailand where he addressed the ASEAN Forum on Coal workshop. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of opening a conference organised in...
Apr 13th 2018
There is a clear pathway to zero emissions from coal. This starts with low emission coal technologies and progresses to carbon capture use and storage (CCUS). High efficiency low emission (HELE)...
Mar 27th 2018
One year of Petra Nova’s success story Petra Nova is the world's largest post-combustion carbon capture facility installed on an existing coal-fuelled power plant. It is also one of two coal-...
Mar 2nd 2018
In its 2018 Energy Outlook, BP shows how growing industrialisation and prosperity will drive an increase in global energy demand and how that demand will be met with the most diverse energy mix the...
Dec 13th 2017
In terms of energy access, the importance of coal was once again highlighted when in October a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report detailed the significant role that coal has...
Nov 17th 2017
Over the last two weeks, the World Coal Association has been in Bonn attending the COP-23 climate talks. While held in the old German capital, this year’s presidency is held by Fiji, leading several...
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