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Marsh Fuels celebrates two significant milestones

Interview

Marsh Fuels: two significant milestones

...Bert and Carrie Marsh Collecting coal from the railway station by horse and cart, they delivered by the bucket to local homes. Henrietta sat up front with her little black...

Insight

A review of COP 26: the key ‘take-aways’

...requisite funding to be made available to developing countries, especially those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, to facilitate their adaptations / preparations Coal: To agree a timescale...

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Portland report July

Market Report

Elections and energy policy: a powerful combination

...African National Congress = ANC) take a huge bloody nose, as it lost its overall majority and was forced to go into coalition with the main opposition party (Democratic Alliance)....
Ferguson Fuels

Interview

Ferguson Fuels: family-run, with customers at its heart

...Energy diversification In a clear indication that energy transition is nothing new, Clark explains how Ferguson Fuels adapted to a diminishing demand for coal: “A steadily reducing demand for coal...

News

Connecting with the forecourt industry

...trade-only event dedicated to the forecourt and fuel market – where the company’s revolutionary ethanol coalescing filter will be on show. The first of its kind, the ethanol coalescing filter...
Ken Cronin

Opinion

Ken’s Corner – A managed transition?

  On September 30th this year, the Ratcliffe coal-fired power station in Nottingham closed, marking the end of over 140 years of electricity generation from coal in the UK. This...

Further Reading

Interview

Thompson Fuels – providing service with a smile

...smile!) for customers. The company has evolved during the years. It was established in 1968 to provide a coal delivery service. Ten years later, the family business diversified into oil...

News

‘A significant accolade’ for Adler & Allan

Alan Scrafton (centre) with (l) Stewart Ower, MD of E&S Environmental and Richard Proctor, MD of Darcy’s Adler & Allan’s innovative ethanol coalescing filter has won the manufacturer/service provider category...

Insight

The outlook for energy: A view to 2040

...will remain the number one global fuel. Natural gas will be the fastest growing major fuel with demand rising by 65%, overtaking coal for the number two spot. World oil...
Fossil fuel output

Analysis

Lowest fossil fuel generation on record in Europe

...aggregate of fossil fuel generation on record which represents a drop of more than 24% compared with Q2 2023. Both gas and coal saw similar falls of 27% and 28%...

News

Adler and Allan – APEA win and an acquisition

...and Allan’s ethanol coalescing filter won the Environment Protection and Improvement category at this year’s Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA) awards, announced earlier this month. The filter is...
Portland Christmas report

Market Report

A special Christmas market report from Portland

...coal, my next festive record choice is “In Diesel Jubilo” by Mike Coalfield. It’s bonkers isn’t it that despite Mike’s surname, he decided to write a song about a different...