A Japanese consortium has acquired Dutch energy company Eneco for €4.1 billion. The joint venture of Mitsubishi and Chubu Electric Power acquired a full stake of the company through their special purpose company Diamond Chubu Europe. The deal was penned last November, with Mitsubishi taking an 80% ownership stake, noting that the company would transfer 400 MW of its offshore wind capabilities to Eneco. Methane emissions from coal mines could be more than double what previous estimates indicated, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production. The study suggests that coal mining may be accountable for more emissions that the entire oil and gas sector, with vast amounts of methane released as gas escapes from coal…