When Scottish inventor James Watt came up with a new steam engine design in 1765 that required 75 per cent less coal to operate than its predecessor, many people logically presumed that coal consumption would plummet. By 1882, the world’s first coal power plant opened in London to launch a new era of electricity generation that continues to see coal …
The Port of Brisbane says it was blindsided by the recent announcement that coal trains to the city would be redirected on an extended Inland Rail to Gladstone. Key points: The Port of Brisbane maintains it is the logical connection for Inland Rail Mr Joyce says Inland Rail will be extended to Gladstone and coal transported there, not to Brisbane …
