• Policy

        • Australia

        • 2010

        Australian National Low Emission Coal Research and Development initiative (ANCLER&D)

        Founded in 2010, the Australian National Low Emission Coal Research and Development initiative supports low emission coal technologies (LECT), including carbon capture and storage, with over AUD 100 million invested. The initiatives support R&D projects through calls for proposals.

        ANCLER & D is part of the National Low Emission Coal Initiative, and is jointly funded by government and industry through the COAL21 Fund. ANLEC R & D aims to address:

        • The near term risk reduction and technology developments necessary for successful demonstration of LECT in Australia.

        • The delivery of skills, data and knowledge to assist key stakeholders understand…

        • Policy

        • Netherlands

        • 2020

        Prohibiting/closing down coal fired power plants

        The Rutte-3 government included in its coalition agreement the plans to phase out coal fired electricity plants by 2030. This was worked out in a letter to parliament of May 2018. Of the 5 dutch plants, two older plants have to close down already earlier. In the period before, plant owners may enable their plants to use other fuels, such as sustainable biomass. Because of the Urgenda law case, the government decided (letter of March 2019) tot close down the first plant (Hemweg) even earlier.

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2005

        Section 48A Qualifying Advanced Coal Project Credit

        …48B) for industry (non power-producing uses) for which the credit is 20-30%.

         

        Currently, the requirement for improved efficiency means that most CCUS-retrofits using post-combustion capture technology would not be eligible for the 48A tax credit. While CCUS would significantly reduce the emissions of the plant, the energy needs of the capture unit can result in a reduction in overall plant efficiency.  Proposed amendments to Section 48A (contained in the Carbon Capture Modernization Act (S. 407 and H.R. 1796)) would make technical modifications to the legislation to enable CCUS retrofits to coal plants to be eligible.

        • Policy

        • Germany

        • 2006

        Energy Taxes: Coal, Biodiesel, Natural Gas

        In August 2006, the mineral oil tax law in Germany was replaced the currently valid energy duty act. The energy duty act implements the European Energy Taxation Directive as national law. The taxation of hard coal, lignite and coke used for heating purposes was introduced. Taxes on natural gas are only collected once the gas has been delivered to the customer. The biofuels benefit was converted to regulatory support from 2007 onwards. As a substitute for the tax exemption for biofuels, the Federal Government has introduced the obligation for fuel suppliers to ensure concrete minimum shares of biofuels in the…

        • Policy

        • Canada

        • 2010

        (Alberta) AER Directive 062: Coalbed Methane Control Well Requirements and Related Matters

        This directive details requirements and issues specific to the control well process and supersedes any previous AER publication on coalbed methane control well requirements. A control well is established for the purpose of collecting pressure, productivity, and gas content information to allow for an understanding of gas resources in coals.

         

        Governed by Alberta Energy Regulator

        • Policy

        • Japan

        • 2012

        Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)

        In 2012, the governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden and the United States, along with UNEP jointly formed the Climate and Clean Air Coalition ('CCAC') to treat short-lived climate pollutants, such as methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and hydrofluorocarbons. At present, the CCAC has 91 State Partners and 109 non-State Partners. Japan has been a member of the CCAC since 2012.

        • Policy

        • Myanmar

        • 2025

        Myanmar National Electrification Master Plan - coal phase out

        In its National Electrification Plan, the use of coal energy is foreseen to be phase out completely by 2050.

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2016

        Danish Climate Policy Plan - ban of coal and oil boilers

        The Danish Climate Policy Plan set a target of 40% reduction in emissions by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, and implement, among other measures, a phase-out of coal and oil use for heating purposes by 2030. 

        • Policy

        • United Kingdom

        • 2017

        Clean Growth Strategy - Oil, LPG and coal boilers phase-out

        The United Kingdom initially aimed at phasing out the installation of oil, LPG and coal heating systems in new and existing off-gas-grid homes during the 2020s, with the goal of all heating systems to be low-carbon by 2050.Support for new LPG and oil heating systems was removed from 2022 onwards, but the sales ban was delayed to 2035 in September 2023. 

        • Policy

        • Indonesia

        • 2024

        SIMBARA Inter-Ministry/Institutional Mineral and Coal Information System

        SIMBARA is an integrated digital platform launched in March 2022 by Indonesia's Ministry of Finance to connect multiple government ministries and institutions in monitoring, managing, and optimising mineral and coal resources through unified data and supervision systems. SIMBARA operates through a mandatory cooperation network of key government institutions, with the Ministry of Finance as the lead agency. The platform requires data integration between the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (overseeing mining operations), Ministry of Transportation (managing Inaportnet port system across 264 ports), Ministry of Trade (handling export regulations), Ministry of Industry (overseeing downstream processing), and the Coordinating Ministry…

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