Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. The Neurath coal-fired power plant in April 2024. Germany ...

In 2023, global coal consumption reached a record 164 exajoules, driven primarily by the Asia Pacific region, where coal provides 83% of energy needs. China alone consumed 56% of the world's coal, ...

Senator John Hoeven encourages North Dakota's coal and oil industries to collaborate for mutual benefit and meet energy demands. The proposal involves using carbon dioxide from coal plants to enhance ...

The largest Chinese coal producer, CHN Energy Investment Group, has announced a $24 billion investment in a coal-to-petroleum facility in Hami, Xinjiang. The project, scheduled to begin production in ...

With the war in Iran choking global oil supplies, China is tapping its 390 billion tonnes of coal reserves to build its own ...

China is rapidly expanding coal-to-chemicals and coal-to-gas production as high oil and gas prices make coal a cheaper and more strategic domestic feedstock.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday announced commodity export controls to boost tax revenues as the country battles economic headwinds fuelled by the Middle East war. Prabowo said the ...

Indonesia palm oil and coal stocks slide as Prabowo plans state backed export body, raising global price risks and pushing ...

Coal can be as clean as any other energy source and make India self-reliant in fertiliser and oil & gas, as China and South ...

It was a good legislative session for fossil fuel producers in Wyoming, as well as those who want to produce carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery. Lawmakers passed House Bill 75, “Coal severance ...

President Trump on Monday invoked wartime authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to try to push for more oil, gas and coal. The DPA gives the president the authority to increase the ...