The Opposition unveils a plan ahead of the WA election for a net zero carbon emissions electricity system by 2030, with coal-fired power stations to be closed within four years.
13 hours ago, Jan van Eck said: Great stuff! Note that 4014 seems to be oil-fired; my guess is that the original configuration was for using Bunker C , probably 180 centistoke material. I would be surprised if the Union Pacific can even source that oil today; those run-bys are more likely to be fuelled by rail diesel oil. the Big Boys were originally intended to pull full consists up the grade over the Wasatch Mountains, without having to stop to couple on any helper locomotives. But I think they ended up in passenger service for a decade, then relegated to hauls on the flat instead of those heavy grades. I am not a rail aficionado, so my memory is a bit hazy on that.
Feb 11, 2021
Chinese solar companies are among 175 around the world that signed a nonbinding pledge by a U.S. trade group to avoid forced labor. It will be much harder for them to actually cut ties with Xinjiang, the western China region facing increasing scrutiny for human rights abuses.
The pledge from the Solar Energy Industries Association in the U.S. doesn’t specifically mention Xinjiang. The region in Western China plays a dominant role in the global solar supply chain, and it’s also become the center of widespread accusations that President Xi Jinping’s government is systematically oppressing Muslim Uyghurs. An accompanying press release, however, calls on the pledge’s signatories to quit the territory over evidence of forced labor.
A second Wyoming coal mine is set to close this year in the Powder River Basin. The Coal Creek mine, owned by Arch Resources Inc., announced the closure on Tuesday over the next two years as the company transitions away from thermal coal to metallurgic coal. Powder River Basin mines produce about 40% of the…