Sentences with phrase «coal demand declines»

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.

In Germany, coal demand declines even as nuclear power is progressively phased out, with coal use remaining highly sensitive to the relative prices of coal, natural gas and carbon dioxide (CO2).

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

Not exact matches

Cele notes that, «the demand from China for iron - ore continues to grow, but at a declining pace, further exacerbating pricing pressure,» meaning that Vale's considerable investment in nickel, coal, fertilisers and copper will only partially mitigate the impact of the increase in iron - ore mining capacity globally on the company.

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

However, coal demand can continue to decline if natural gas prices stay low for a very long time allowing further replacement of coal - fired power plants with gas - fired ones.

While demand has declined, coal is still needed to meet America's power demand.

Coal consumption continues apace hence it would appear that the production decline is not demand led but rather that China may be approaching peak cCoal consumption continues apace hence it would appear that the production decline is not demand led but rather that China may be approaching peak coalcoal.

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.

In an energy outlook this week, analysts at the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicted a dramatic decline in U.S. energy demand through 2035 and a reconfigured energy pie that sidelines a significant amount of coal for natural gas.

The International Energy Agency estimated last year that both the decline in China's coal use and falling electricity demand reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 1.5 percent in 2014, leading to a 0.2 percent reduction in global emissions.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

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.

Peabody also agreed to disclose a range of scenarios from the International Energy Agency suggesting declining future demand for coal, changing course from earlier financial statements where the company only disclosed IEA's business - as - usual scenario.

Energy emissions have declined to lowest levels since 1991 due to lower heating demand, less coal usage, and utilization of more renewable energy sources.

«Cheap natural gas, the rapid decline in the cost of solar and wind generation, and continued flat electricity demand make it next to impossible that U.S. coal production will significantly increase in 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.

Following a tumultuous year for the coal industry, including the disastrous coal - chemical spill that left 300,000 without access to clean water in West Virginia, and increasing layoffs as coal mining continues to decline, a coalition of Appalachian citizen groups are demanding increased action from the Obama Administration.

The CO2 Scorecard report, by contrast, examined changes in electricity at the regional level using data from grid operators, which showed researchers greater detail about where natural gas had replaced coal or renewables; where renewables replaced coal; and where electricity consumption simply declined because of reduced demand.

U.S. carbon emissions dropped 1.7 percent due to a rise in natural gas over coal energy, a decline in oil use, and a warm winter, which reduced heating demands.

Power generation now accounts for 93 % of US coal consumption, as non-power commercial and industrial demand has declined.

According to company officials, the hike is needed to «comply with EPA environmental improvements to reduce polluting emissions from coal - fired plants, make up for a decline in demand for electricity from commercial and industrial users, and cover rising costs of health care for the utility's employees.»

If it can be made cheaper than coal, the argument for coal use is diminished (not completely done away with, as coal prices will decline in response to reduced demand).

While declining strongly in the industrialized regions as a result of sulfur control policies in Europe and North America, and because of economic reforms in Russia and Eastern Europe, emissions increase rapidly in Asia with an increase in the energy demand and coal use.

Nearly $ 1 trillion (# 700bn) is being invested in new coal - fired power plants worldwide despite the fact that the demand for electricity generated from coal has declined for two years in a row, shows a new report released today.

As a result, US coal production is forecast to be around 510 Mtce in 2022, equivalent to current levels, while demand declines to 470 Mtce, a drop of 1 % per year on average over the period.

Combined with saturation of heavy industry growth, coal demand is forecast to decline through 2022, despite growth in coal conversion and in coal - power generation.

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.

Already, the impact of reduced demand, growing renewables, and rooftop solar, is causing a decline in output in coal generation, bringing capacity factors down sharply, particularly for black coal generators.

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.

Most discussion of declining demand for US coal focuses on the US electricity sector (which is responsible for 93 percent of domestic coal consumption), specifically the twin booms in natural gas and renewables.

But that is more than counterbalanced by a combination of declining use of coal and reductions in energy demand from structural changes in the Chinese economy, with energy - guzzling heavy industries such as cement and steel production both declining.

While coal - to - gas switching played a major role in reducing emissions in previous years, last year the drop was the result of higher renewables - based electricity generation and a decline in electricity demand.

Global demand for oil and coal will most likely peak and could decline over the next two decades.

«The decline in coal demand has meant existing reserves will last a lot longer.»

Illinois Basin coal prices declined just 5 %, partially offset by a 9 % increase in production because of robust demand for the low - cost, high - sulfur coal from the region.

For example, the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced an intention to analyze whether it might set a «budget» for how much coal to make available for production on federal lands based on a «a declining schedule consistent with the United States» climate goals and commitments and market demand».

For example, there was a rapid increase in US coal prices due to rising global demand before 2008, then a rapid fall after 2008 when global demands declined [23].

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The Institute of Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)'s demand analysis shows how China's coal demand could surprise people by peaking in 2016 and then decline gradually thereafter, driven by efficiency measures, increased renewables, hydro, gas and nuclear and tougher policies to cut air pollution.

In doing so, it disregards the real reasons for its declining profits and layoffs — competition from cheap natural gas and sagging Asian demand for metallurgical coal.

Flat or declining Illinois electricity demand has resulted in an electricity oversupply thanks to Exelon's 11 - plant nuclear fleet, Dynegy and NRG coal fleets, existing, retrofitted, and new natural gas facilities, and a growing wind portfolio, according to Learner.

In stark comparison, the IEA estimates that coal demand grew in 2017 after a two - year decline and forecasts continued demand growth at least for the next five years, absent a change in policy and market conditions.

This has all led to a decline in demand for electricity from the grid and this, in turn, has impacted heavily on the profitability of coal - fired power stations in particular.

BHP and Rio have been cutting back plans for coal expansion because of declining demand and outlook for coal, caused mostly by a reassessment of China's appetite for imports.

Oil, and even to some extent coal, is a declining resource with fairly inelastic demand.

The share of coal in the global energy mix is forecast to decline to 26 % in 2022, from 27 % in 2016 because of sluggish demand compared with other fuels.

Coal demand is down 4.2 % over the last two years, nearly matching the two - year decline in the early 1990s, which remains the biggest recorded drop since the IEA started compiling statistics more than 40 years ago.