Sentences with phrase «coal demand»

Global coal demand dropped for a second year in a row in 2016, approaching the previous record for two - year declines set in the early 1990s.

The revision comes as official preliminary data indicate that a decline in Chinese coal demand occurred in 2014, and is set to accelerate in 2015.

Investors want assurances that capital is not being spent on high - cost, high - carbon projects that may not be competitive as global coal demand declines.

The company expects coal demand to rise in the coming year, but relatively low natural gas prices will continue to add downward pricing pressure.

While coal demand is expected to fall slightly, the headlines hide a more complicated picture.

Asian coal demand has also entered an era of decline.

Companies most exposed to low coal demand are those developing new projects, focused on the export market.

Also, if newer greener energy technologies can reasonably replace our baseline power needs from coal - fired power plants then coal demand will decline further.

I'm just not sure what coal demand looks like 10 years from now.

If growth continues at the current pace, generators would add another 1 billion tonnes of new coal demand every three years.

In the best - case scenario, coal demand dips down for the next few years then holds steady.

And industrial coal demand posted its first gain in the past five years.

Chinese coal demand declined in 2016 — as it did in 2014 and 2015 — despite an increase in coal - power generation.

Peak thermal coal demand in China could be imminent.

The IEA's Medium - Term Coal Market Report 2015, slashed its five - year estimate of global coal demand growth by more than 500 million tonnes of coal equivalent (Mtce) in recognition of the tremendous pressures facing the market.

The clear direction of travel for coal consumption is underscored by the IEA's 2016 World Energy Outlook that brought forward the peak for thermal coal demand in China by 17 years in its New Policies Scenario - recognising demand peaked in 2013 as opposed to 2030.

In its latest Medium - Term Coal Market Report the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts a slowing of coal demand growth but no retreat in its global use.

Here in outback Queensland, Australia, we are experiencing firsthand the consequences of the growing coal demands of countries like India and China.

At a time when industry analysts laughed at the suggestion, Carbon Tracker was already modelling the impact of Chinese thermal coal demand peaking on the seaborne markets.

Coal consumption across Asia is slated to outpace that of China over the next 20 years, coupled with an absolute increase in global coal demand over the next seven years.

The decrease in coal demand forecast in Germany could be accelerated by policy changes.

The potential for coal demand growth in China is limited, but the country's supply - side reforms will be critical factors for coal prices in the coming years.

In the Sustainable Development Scenario, low - carbon sources double their share in the energy mix to 40 % in 2040, all avenues to improve efficiency are pursued, coal demand goes into an immediate decline and oil consumption peaks soon thereafter.

The report sees coal demand outside China modestly increasing through 2020, as the structural decline in Europe and the United States is more than offset by growth in India and Southeast Asia.

But Barnett said such conditions would hinge on a number of factors, including a reduction in coal demand overseas.

Cheap shale gas is significantly reducing coal demand in the United States, but global coal consumption is still expected to rise 2.6 percent annually by 2017, the International Energy Agency said today in a report.

«If the increase in emissions generated from burning oil and natural gas outpaces the emissions reduction associated with falling coal demand, then China's total emissions would still go up.

«At 50 MW — 350 MW, modular units could provide efficiency and cost benefits, but probably wouldn't have significant impact on coal demand given the number of coal - fired unit retirements / closures being considered and the length of time this would take to get to the commercial stage (5 — 10 years).

Natural gas consumption in the power sector tumbled 7.3 percent, while coal demand dropped 1.9 percent.

Slower power demand growth means slower coal demand growth as coal fuels just under 80 % of Chinese electricity generation.

Meeting coal demand in Japan Indonesian coal is also expected to help fuel a surge in fossil power generation in Japan after that country shuttered its nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor meltdown in 2011.

«Coal demand never stropped growing in the financial crisis and despite aggressive climate policies in many places,» van der Hoeven said in a teleconference with journalists.

Coal consumption is soaring, and according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the country burned 325 million tons last year alone, putting China's coal demand at 47 percent of global consumption (ClimateWire, Jan. 30).

Inexpensive natural gas, lower international coal demand and U.S. environmental regulations have led to a precipitous decline in U.S. coal production, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Headlines in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) during the first quarter of 2016 included «Coal set for dramatic shake - out», «Australian coal «high risk» on exports», and «China coal demand tipped to fall further.»

The report says China will surpass the rest of the world in coal demand during the outlook period, while India will become the largest seaborne coal importer and second - largest consumer, surpassing the United States....

Global steel production is expected to increase more than 10 percent in 2010, and global seaborne metallurgical coal demand is expected to increase by more than 50 million tonnes.

Approximately 94 gigawatts of new coal - fueled plants are expected to begin operations in 2010, representing approximately 375 million tons of annual coal demand.

Bullish forecasts for global thermal coal demand erroneously assume most of more than a dozen other proposed Indian Ultra Mega Power Projects will be built.

Corporate asset values are premised upon implausible assumptions about future coal demand in a carbon - constrained world.

As politicians and industry groups cry that coal is not dead, environmentalists respond that it will be soon, and companies explain to shareholders and journalists how coal will weather the new normal of diminishing coal demand, the men and women who work in the mines simply worry.

The report, which predicts trends in the coal market to 2017, suggests coal demand will reach the energy equivalent of 4.32 billion tonnes of oil by that year — narrowly below 4.4 billion tonnes of demand for oil itself.

With coal demand already starting to decline in the U.S. and other developed countries, the coal boom may be over.

UK coal demand has fallen precipitously because of cheaper gas, the expansion of renewables, falling demand for energy and the closure of Redcar steelworks in late 2015.

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As a result of these contrasting trends, global coal demand reaches 5 530 Mtce in 2022, which is only marginally higher than current levels, meaning that coal use all but stagnates for around a decade.

For example, the IEA see coal demand as flat over the next five years, which will likely be followed by a steady decline as CO2 emissions continue to decouple from economic growth.

A growing share of global coal demand comes from those countries, though the coal boom climate hawks feared seems to be slowing somewhat.