Siobhan Hall
Senior editor, EU energy policy 
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November 7, 2018 06:30 UTC 
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Could using low-carbon electricity to turn water into hydrogen and other gases keep the EU’s gas industry relevant in an increasingly CO2-constrained future? The EU gas and power sectors are certainly interested in testing such technology at scale, as it could help them both with their different challenges going forward. |
Ross McCracken
Managing editor, Energy Economist 
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February 8, 2018 04:01 UTC
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UK energy start-up Gravitricity announced February 7 it had received a GBP650,000 ($903,400) grant from Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, for a plan to use old mines shafts to store energy. The idea is relatively simple: A massive weight would be raised up the mine shaft using a winch powered by electricity at times of low power prices. The weight could then be released quickly or slowly depending on the power requirement, with the potential energy of the falling weight used to drive a generator. |
Deepak Kannan
Managing Editor, Thermal Coal, Asia 
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January 3, 2018 07:23 UTC
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The one question that I get asked every other day is “What’s the future of coal in Asia?” Especially after the Paris Climate agreement a couple of years ago, where 196 countries signed a pact to reduce carbon emissions by 2022. No doubt renewable energy capacity additions have picked up pace since then, but is it so easy to displace King Coal from the energy mix? |
Steven Dolley
Managing Editor, Platts Nuclear Publications
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December 8, 2017 08:00 UTC
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A series of sweeping changes at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission would alter the agency’s mission to adapt to an evolving US nuclear industry, which is in the grips of a struggle for its economic survival. |
Charles Noh
Senior pricing specialist
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November 3, 2017 05:01 UTC
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New York’s State Energy Plan, self-proclaimed to include some of the nation’s most ambitious 2030 clean energy targets, has perhaps by necessity intensified the discussion of carbon prices in the wholesale power markets, possibly redefining their traditional role. |
Kassia Micek
Senior pricing specialist, US power
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September 18, 2017 15:28 UTC
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The California Independent System Operator was expected to break a more than decade-long peakload record September 1 as a heat wave sat over the region. However, the ISO never had to enter emergency stages and prices were half of what they were back in 2006 when the record was set, even as demand continued to rise. |
Annalee Armstrong and Jasmin Melvin
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August 24, 2017 05:01 UTC
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A federal appeals court has extended by 60 days the abeyance period for the Clean Power Plan litigation pending the Environmental Protection Agency’s review of that regulation. But in an unusual move, two of the 10 judges on the panel reminded the agency of its statutory obligation to regulate greenhouse gases, indicating that at least some of the judges may be growing impatient with the continued delay in regulating carbon emissions from power plants. |
Neil Ford
Freelance consultant and journalist 
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August 16, 2017 00:01 UTC
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French President Emmanuel Macron may only have been in power for a couple of months, but his first statements on Africa have reawakened African fears of neo-colonialism. At the most recent G20 summit held July 7-8 in Hamburg, Macron seemed to refer to shortcomings in Africa’s “civilization.” |
Andrew Moore
Managing editor, Platts Coal Trader
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June 30, 2017 16:59 UTC
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Over lunch at a recent energy conference, a fellow attendee asked where I worked and what I did, and I explained that I lead coverage of the US thermal coal market for S&P Global Platts. The gentleman, who worked for a group that finances renewable energy projects, had several questions about coal, and each answer seemed to only increase his incredulity. “So, let me understand,” said the gentleman finally. “You are bullish on coal?” |
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Kassia Micek
Senior pricing specialist, US power
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June 29, 2017 10:00 UTC
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There is water, water everywhere with plenty to spare in the West this year. Hydro generation has risen to new levels on near-record winter snowfall, which has pulled down power prices into negative territory and cut back usage of other generation sources. |
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