• Policy

        • Portugal

        • 2015

        Law No. 82-D/2014 - Green Tax Reform

        …excise tax under the special taxes on consumption (Codigo dos Impostos Especiais de Consumo). The tax rate is determined annually based on the average EU ETS allowance in the preceding year. For EU ETS-covered coal generators their carbon tax rate is based 50% of the difference between the full carbon tax rate and a target carbon price of EUR25/tCO2. The tax was introduced as part of wider package of green tax reforms and serves as a complementary policy measure to the EU ETS. Portugal also levies a flat EUR2/ticket carbon charge on air and sea travel (Taxa…

        • Policy

        • Canada

        • 2015

        (Alberta) Climate Leadership Plan

        In November 2015, the Government of Alberta announced a Climate Leadership Plan that consisted of four main policy pillars: • Implement a new price on greenhouse gas emissions;• Phase out coal-generated electricity by 2030 and generate 30 % of electricity from renewables by 2030;• Introduce a cap on oil sands emissions at 100 megatons per year;• Reduce methane emissions from upstream oil and gas production by 45% by 2025 (from 2014 levels). The Alberta government has developed and updated an Implementation Plan, updated in June 2018, identifying key actions by the government in 2018 and 2019. 

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        • Kazakhstan

        • 2023

        U.S.-Kazakhstan Joint Statement on Accelerating Methane Mitigation to Achieve the Global Methane Pledge

        Kazakhstan and United States issued a joint statement on actions they will undertake in the next two years to accelerate the development and implementation of policies and projects to rapidly reduce methane emissions in Kazakhstan, particularly from the fossil energy sector. Actions will include:Cooperating on best practices for coal mine methane reductions, including degasification of coal seams, destruction of ventilation air methane, and the capture and utilisation of coal mine methane. Cooperation to implement LDAR and eliminate routine venting of methane across the oil and gas sector, including by supporting utilising satellite and other technologies, best practice exchanges, advancing…

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2023

        DOE Funding Opportunity to Build Up Domestic Supply Chain for Critical Minerals

        …opportunity, provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to help lower the costs of the onshore production of rare earths and other critical minerals and materials from domestic coal-based resources. The funding aims to meet the growing demand for critical minerals while investing in the revitalisation of historic coal-producing communities and ensure stronger access to benefits through the Justice40 Initiative. The program will fund research for laboratory and bench-scale testing of economically viable, environmentally benign extraction, separation and refining technologies, starting with unconventional coal-based resources, and producing rare earths and critical minerals for use in clean energy…

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        • Indonesia

        • 2023

        Government Regulation No.25/2023 regarding mining territory

        …2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining as amended by law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law Number 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining, it is necessary to stipulate Government Regulations on Mining Areas. This Government Regulation standardise Mining Area (WP), which is an area that has Mineral and/or Coal potential and is not bound by government administrative boundaries which are part of the national spatial planning. Investigation and Research activities in the context of discovery and inventory of geological data and information as well as the potential of Mineral and Coal are carried out in…

        • Policy

        • Ukraine

        • 2022

        State support for investment projects with significant investments in Ukraine (Law No. 1116)

        The law aims to provide several incentives for large investment projects in Ukraine in various sectors including the extraction for processing and/or enrichment of minerals (except coal, crude oil and natural gas) in form of e.g.:tax incentives,simplified provision of land necessary for investment project,construction and reconstruction of related infrastructure at the expense of the state,and consolidation of investor guarantees through the conclusion of a direct agreement with the Ukrainian Government for 15 years. Said support is provided for investments of more than EUR 20 million as well as the creation of at least 80…

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        • United States

        • 2015

        US POWER initiative

        …POWER Initiative, ARC has invested over USD 319.3 million in 395 projects in 358 coal-dependent counties throughout the Appalachian region. Those investments are expected to create or retain over 36 600 jobs, leverage more than USD 1.5 billion in private investment into the region and groom nearly 14 300 workers and students for opportunities in entrepreneurship, broadband development, tourism and other sectors. For example, ARC in 2021 offered several grants to revitalize economic and job opportunities in the Appalachian region. Among other funds, it granted USD 1.5 million to Coalfield Development Corporation in Wayne, West Virginia…

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        • Canada

        • 2009

        Boundary Dam carbon capture project in Canada

        SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Power Station in Saskatchewan, Canada in 2014 became the world’s first power station to successfully apply CCUS technology at commercial scale in 2014. As the Canadian government has announced the phase-out of unabated coal generation by 2030, the CCUS-equipped Unit 3 of the Boundary Dam plant will be allowed to remain open as it complies with regulatory requirements. The power plant produces 115 MW of clean base load electricity, enough to power 100 000 homes, and is now expected to be in service for an additional three decades. The technologies applied will allow…

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        • Japan

        • 2021

        Japans fuel ammonia strategy

        …Trade, Economy and Industry set out a target to co-fire a coal generation unit with ammonia at a rate above 50% and to develop a 100% ammonia-fired gas turbine by 2030. The initiative is part of a JPY 2 trillion (EUR 15.4 billion) fund established by the government to support clean energy innovation projects over the next decade. The government’s research and development institute, NEDO, has announced that it will support power producer JERA’s demonstration research for 20% co-firing of fuel ammonia in coal-fired power plants from FY 2021 to FY 2024. The…

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        • Germany

        • 2018

        Germany’s Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment

        …Employment (also known as the Coal Commission) in June 2018. It brought together representatives of environmental associations, scientists, trade unions, economic and energy associations, and representatives from the affected regions. Commission members met with coal mining regions to receive grassroots inputs on the challenges and opportunities in each area. In addition to recommendations on the pace of the coal phase-out, the Commission proposed that coal mining regions receive EUR 40 billion between 2020 and 2038 in transitional assistance, funded from the federal budget. The recommendations formed the basis of the German government’s just transition strategy for coal regions. 

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