How does authorising more Australian coal extraction and usage align with the country's emission reduction targets?

By PHILIP HOPKINS THE state government is likely to miss targets to retire the Latrobe Valley's brown coal power [...] ...

Victoria’s energy system set multiple records on Sunday, including a record low average output for brown coal – once the mainstay of its grid – which fell below 2 GW for the first time.

Once it reaches a seam of brown coal, or lignite, it can harvest 265,000 tons of fuel a day. Over 8,500 square feet of tread carry the Bagger's 13,000 tons of weight at a leisurely 0.4 miles per hour.

Germany is set to create an emergency pool of reserve power using its brown coal power stations. Reaction has been mixed to the proposal. EURACTIV Germany reports. A 2015 protest against the use ...

This trend reflects Victoria’s remaining dependence on brown coal generation, which has a limit on how low it can be constrained in the middle of the day. The result is that despite high volumes ...

Reiss Company to move the coal piles. “I certainly hope so,” said Brown County board chair Patrick Buckley when asked if he thinks the state will give them an extension for the grant.

Brown County sought to gauge general interest in developing a new port facility after negotiations with C. Reiss to move the coal piles stalled C. Reiss Co. responded to the county with a $28.5 ...

The (systems engineering and assurance modelling) identified changes in brown coal generation retirement dates as having the largest overall impact on the achievement of Victorian emissions ...