Sentences with phrase «coal market conditions»

Peabody would become the latest U.S. coal giant to fall victim to gloomy coal market conditions.

Not exact matches

Some observers, including utility officials and stock analysts, expect that unless market conditions improve the PSC may get requests for similar agreements from other Upstate nuclear or coal plants.

Since 2012, two of New York's remaining coal plants, Dunkirk and Cayuga, have requested to mothball while a third, Huntley, has requested permanent retirement due to unfavorable market conditions.

The export of coal to different markets, under different conditions, might yield very different results,» Patiño - Echeverri said.

On its website, Foundation Coal states that «Foundation Affiliates operate multiple mines in the Powder River Basin, Northern Appalachia, and Central Appalachia regions, as well as substantial reserves and an idled mine in the Illinois basin that can be returned to service as market conditions warrant.»

When coal is burned due to combustion that is more or less completed the result is different levels of energy (B.T.U.'s), and different levels of air emissions (Sulfur Dioxide - SO2, Mercury - Hg), greenhouse gases (Carbon Dioxide CO2, Nitrogen Oxide - NO3), and amounts of ash that can potentially be toxic dependent on the conditions within the combustion chamber and ash that can or can not be used in a secondary market (ex.

The Polish government's strong commitment to coal goes against EU policy direction and against market conditions, write Anna Mikulska of the Baker Institute's Center for Energy Studies and Eryk Kosinski of Adam Mickiewicz University.

However, coal generation margins under current market conditions have fallen to record lows, and the outlook doesn't look promising.

The funds are part of the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce Development and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative, a federal program to support coal - reliant communities in states like Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky where mines are shuttering and coal - fired power plants are closing due to rocky market conditions and tougher environmental regulations.

While it's impossible to know precisely, since coal mining companies can adjust the amount of coal they extract as market conditions change, we will base our calculations on an assumption that this coal will be mined and burned during a period beginning in 2015 and ending in 2030.

Electric generators will pay the mandated carbon tax to their coal or natural gas suppliers, who will forward the payment to the government; the generators will pass along the tax to the retail electric utility which in turn will charge it to customers — to the extent that market conditions allow.

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.

Given unfavourable market conditions, the decision over whether to keep coal plants running at a loss is complicated by two separate policies designed to keep the lights on.

But it doesn't matter, because «market conditions» are kicking coal's ass anyway.

Gareth Morgan is a market leader for mining compensation claims as a result of numerous successes against the Coal Board for a number of conditions including deafness, respiratory disease and vibration white finger.