Sentences with phrase «btu coal»
It's nice to frame the question of coal or no coal from a Western perspective, but for Indians, it's a case of burning low - Btu cow dung vs. burning high - Btu coal.
https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ Not exact matches
«Syrup solids have a BTU content similar to lignite coal,» Coil says over the roar of combustion.
In fact, gas prices would have to increase fivefold, to an average $ 10 per million Btu over the life of a power plant, for coal to become competitive again, the report notes.
U.S. coal eventually headed overseas While natural gas prices are currently hovering around $ 2 per million British thermal units, EIA projects that prices will gradually rise to a long - term average of around $ 6 per million Btu.
It sees coal as remaining dominant in the electricity generation sector: global consumption will rise by 1.3 percent a year — from 147 quadrillion British thermal units of energy in 2010 to 180 quadrillion Btu in 2020 to 220 quadrillion Btu in 2040.
This is evident by the decline in bituminous coal being burned in the U.S. for electricity and the increasing share of coal production and consumption coming from the lower btu sub-bituminous and lignite coal.
But Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), considered to be the best company in the coal sector, is off nearly 27 %.
A majority of the coal used today is Powder River Basin coal and it works out to cost about $ 1 at the mine for a million BTU.
Maybe your $ 2.30 per million BTU is right for average high burning coal, but a lot of coal is not «high» burning.
In the USA, coal is so abundant that it produces heat at a cost of about $ 1 per million BTU.
When the 33 % efficiency of coal fired power plants (no it is not 40 % for these) is factored in, as well as the high rate of CO2 per BTU, the plugging in turns out to be not a good thing.
The heat content of bituminous coal ranges from 21 to 30 million Btu per ton on a moist, mineral - matter - free basis.
The heat content of bituminous coal consumed in the United States averages 24 million Btu per ton, on the as - received basis (i.e., containing both inherent moisture and mineral matter).
In the Reference case, coal generation at existing coal plants is supported by a steady rise in natural gas prices beyond 2020, with annual average spot prices exceeding $ 7.50 per million Btu by 2040.
U.S. coal peaked a few years ago in terms of BTU (heat value) per pound — meaning that we need to burn more coal for the same amount of heat / electricity.
The unit, BTU Western Resources Inc., bid $ 211 million for the Belle Ayr North coal tract, or $ 0.95 cents per mineable ton.
With Henry Hub prices below $ 2 per million Btu (MMBtu), owners of coal - fired power plants are having trouble justifying keeping their plants open.
Suppose instead you could buy coal cheaper than gasoline on a BTU basis; is that any help to you as an auto driver?
Natural gas does emit less GHG than coal on a per Btu basis when burned, but the analysis assumes there are no methane leaks from both conventional and unconventional wells.
That is the reason that the BTU's derived from Bituminous Coal in the preceding chart ranges from 11,000 - 14,500 BTU.
In April 2012, the last time monthly natural gas generation came close to surpassing coal - fired generation, spot prices for natural gas were near $ 2 per million Btu ($ / MMBtu) on a monthly average, before returning to about $ 3.50 / MMBtu in the last months of 2012.
Kentucky's Cardinal coal mine alone produces 75 % of the Btu energy generated by all the wind turbines and solar panels in the USA, Power Hungry author Robert Bryce calculates.
Worldwide coal is still king growing faster than oil, nat / gas, nuclear and renewables combined when measured in BTU «s consumed.
ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW Minister for the Environment & Heritage: David Kemp Minister for Forestry & Conservation: Ian McDonald Total Energy Consumption (2000E): 4.89 quadrillion Btu * (1.2 % of world total energy consumption) Energy - Related Carbon Emissions (2000E): 96.87 million metric tons of carbon (1.5 % of world carbon emissions) Per Capita Energy Consumption (2000E): 255 million Btu (vs U.S. value of 351 million Btu) Per Capita Carbon Emissions (2000E): 5.1 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S. value of 5.6 metric tons of carbon) Energy Intensity (2000E): 10,804 Btu / U.S. $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 10,918 Btu / $ 1995) ** Carbon Intensity (2000E): 0.21 metric tons of carbon / thousand U.S. $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 0.17 metric tons / thousand $ 1995) ** Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1999E): Transportation (42 %) Industrial (37 %), Residential (13.5 %), Commercial (7.5 %) Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Industrial (46.4 %), Transportation (26.5 %), Residential (15.2 %), Commercial (11.9 %) Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (2000E): Coal (44.2 %), Oil (34.8 %), Natural Gas (16.6 %) Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1999E): Coal (55.4 %), Oil (32.6 %), Natural Gas (12.0 %) Renewable Energy Consumption (1998E): 396 trillion Btu * (0.9 % increase from 1997) Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1998): 1.7 (vs U.S. value of 1.3) Status in Climate Change Negotiations: Annex I country under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (ratified December 30th, 1992).
ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW Total Energy Consumption (2000E): 2.7 quadrillion Btu * (0.7 % of world total energy consumption) Energy - Related Carbon Emissions (2000E): 36.4 million metric tons of carbon (0.6 % of world carbon emissions) Per Capita Energy Consumption (2000E): 73.2 million Btu (vs. U.S. value of 351.0 million Btu) Per Capita Carbon Emissions (2000E): 1.0 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S. value of 5.6 metric tons of carbon) Energy Intensity (2000E): 9,226 Btu / $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 10,918 Btu / $ 1995) ** Carbon Intensity (2000E): 0.12 metric tons of carbon / thousand $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 0.17 metric tons / thousand $ 1995) ** Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Industrial (48.6 %), Transportation (23.7 %), Residential (18.8 %), Commercial (8.8 %) Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Industrial (44.8 %), Transportation (32.7 %), Residential (16.2 %), Commercial (6.2 %) Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (2000E): Natural Gas (45.2 %), Oil (36.3 %), Coal (1.5 %) Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (2000E): Oil (48.1 %), Natural Gas (49.3 %), Coal (2.5 %) Renewable Energy Consumption (1998E): 393 trillion Btu * (0.5 % decrease from 1997) Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1998): 5.6 (vs U.S. value of 1.3) Status in Climate Change Negotiations: Non-Annex I country under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (signed June 12, 1992 and ratified on March 11, 1994).
Fuel switching will be discouraged and coal - fired power plants will be competitive with natural gas power plants when the price of natural gas is between $ 3.00 and $ 3.50 per million BTU.
ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW Secretary of Environment & Natural Resources: Victor Lichtinger Total Energy Consumption (2000E): 6.18 quadrillion Btu * (1.6 % of world total energy consumption) Energy - Related Carbon Emissions (2000E): 103.2 million metric tons of carbon (1.6 % of world total carbon emissions) Per Capita Energy Consumption (2000E): 62.5 million Btu (vs U.S. value of 351.0 million Btu) Per Capita Carbon Emissions (2000E): 1.0 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S. value of 5.6 metric tons of carbon) Energy Intensity (2000E): 16,509 Btu / $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 10,918 Btu / $ 1995) ** Carbon Intensity (2000E): 0.28 metric tons of carbon / thousand $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 0.18 metric tons / thousand $ 1995) ** Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Industrial (54.7 %), Transportation (24.8 %), Residential (15.9 %), Commercial (4.6 %) Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Industrial (50.9 %), Transportation (31.1 %), Residential (13.2 %), Commercial (4.8 %) Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (2000E): Oil (63.2 %), Natural Gas (23.7 %), Coal (4.0 %) Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (2000E): Oil (73.5 %), Natural Gas (20.4 %), Coal (6.2 %) Renewable Energy Consumption (1998E): 713.7 trillion Btu * (1 % decrease from 1997) Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1998): 6.9 (vs U.S. value of 1.3) Status in Climate Change Negotiations: Non-Annex I country under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (ratified March 11th, 1993).
We can calculate the carbon pollution from these lease sales by looking at the tons of coal in each lease, the energy content of the coal in each lease (in BTU / lb), and the amount of carbon pollution released per BTU, which varies depending upon the type of coal.
About two - thirds of U.S. coal exports are high - BTU metallurgical or «coking» coal used for steelmaking.
Over the past few years, the price of natural gas has been below $ 3.00, actually below $ 2.50 per million BTU during 2016, which has put considerable pressure on both coal - fired and nuclear power pants to compete... especially with the effect of preferential dispatching used by RTO / ISO organizations.
Note that these figures are the averages, and there would be variations for each coal lease based on its energy content (BTU / lb), type of coal and CO2 coefficient, and the period over which each coal lease may be mined and burned.
Because the vast majority (96.5 %) of this coal is from mines in Wyoming, these average results will most closely reflect those coal leases, which are sub-bituminous coal, with relatively low BTU values between 8501 and 9011, and as noted above, expected by the Interior Department to be mined between 2015 and 2030.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration includes the following in U.S. primary energy production: coal production, waste coal supplied, and coal refuse recovery; crude oil and lease condensate production; natural gas plant liquids production; dry natural gas excluding supplemental gaseous fuels production; nuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the nuclear plant heat rates); conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedstock.
But wait, electricity from nuclear or wind is 2 - 3 times more useful than coal on a BTU basis, x2 more useful than natural gas, so it makes more sense to compare proportion of electricity generated from renewables and nuclear (ie low carbon energy) with whats generated by coal and NG.
The (arithmetic) average emission factors obtained from the individual samples (assuming complete combustion)(Table FE4)(10) confirm the long - recognized finding that anthracite emits the largest amount of carbon dioxide per million Btu, followed by lignite, subbituminous coal, and bituminous coal.
West of the Mississippi River, the emission factors for bituminous coal range from more than 201 pounds of carbon dioxide per million Btu in Missouri, Iowa, and Nevada to more than 209 in Arizona, Arkansas, and Montana.
But those Critical on Wind Power also realize the following: Humanity needs 426.000.000.000.000.000 BTU of energy per year and obtains it for about 50 % burning that dirty coal!
Although hydrogen generates about 62,000 Btu per pound, it accounts for only 5 percent or less of coal and not all of this is available for heat because part of the hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water vapor.
Because lower rank coals have relatively high carbon dioxide emission factors, increased use of these coals caused the national average carbon dioxide emission factor to rise from 206.5 pounds per million Btu in 1980 to 207.6 pounds per million Btu in 1992.
That's worse even per joule / BTU of raw combustion energy because there's no hydrogen in coal, unlike oil and gas — all the energy comes from oxidization of carbon, resulting in greenhouse emissions.
And now, as supposedly seriously worried people about the health of our climate, explain the «Critics on Wind Power» how you want to supply the other 96 % (408.000.000.000.000.000 BTU) of energy to the world without the extremely expensive and difficult technology for burning coal in a clean way.
(11) In pounds of carbon dioxide per million Btu, U.S. average factors are 227.4 for anthracite, 216.3 for lignite, 211.9 for subbituminous coal, and 205.3 for bituminous coal.
The carbon dioxide emission factors in this article are expressed in terms of the energy content of coal as pounds of carbon dioxide per million Btu.
The emission factor for lignite from the Gulf Coast Coal Region in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas is 213.5 pounds of carbon dioxide per million Btu.
When the total energy in Btu from coal consumption by State is known (with no breakdown by coal - consuming sector), the State average emission factors can be used to estimate the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions by State.
According to EIA's analysis, U.S. coal consumption would be 15.2 quadrillion Btu in 2040 without the CPP, relative to the IEO2017 Reference case projection of 10.6 quadrillion Btu.
Natural gas has lower CO2 emissions per btu compared to coal.
When oil goes to $ 10 / gal, coal generated electricity at.15 / KWH is a lower cost per BTU.
Although Wyoming coal may have less sulfur, it also a lower «heat rate» or fewer Btu's of energy.
Ironically, it was environmentalists that shut down this effort, and power industries around the world replaced capacity that would have gone nuclear mostly with coal, the worst fossil fuel in terms of CO2 production (per BTU of power, Nuclear and hydrogen produce no CO2, natural gas produces some, gasoline produces more, and coal produces the most).