Sentences with phrase «coal prices due»

For example, higher coal prices due to carbon taxing will lead cost - minimizing power grids to more heavily dispatch lower - emitting natural gas power plants in the short run, and to switch increasingly to zero - carbon wind and solar generation over time.

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].

Not exact matches

Coal prices in general were driven even lower in 2016 due to low natural gas prices and warmer - than - usual winter temperatures that cut down demand for coal as an electricity generator, according to the U.S. Energy Information AdministratCoal prices in general were driven even lower in 2016 due to low natural gas prices and warmer - than - usual winter temperatures that cut down demand for coal as an electricity generator, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administratcoal as an electricity generator, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The coal miner has been hurt as the world has turned to more environmentally - friendly energy sources such as natural gas — a trend that has accelerated in the last few years as gas prices have come down substantially due to surging supply from the U.S. fracking boom.

The company says the decrease in its adjusted profit was due primarily to lower prices and sales volumes in its steelmaking coal business compared with a year ago.

Domestic coal mines are being shuttered due to tumbling coal prices.

The largest US coal producer, for one, lost more than US$ 500 million last year due to falling prices.

A slowdown in the growth of China's coal demand, due to more tepid economic growth and fuel substitution, has sent the prices that Australia fetches for its thermal coal plunging from US$ 125 a tonne in early 2012 to around US$ 70 a tonne.

Last year, that commodity contributed 53 % of its gross profit and it supplied nearly 75 % of the total during the first quarter of 2017 due to a spike in steelmaking coal prices.

Those price differences have widened in recent months due to supply disruptions that pushed the price of steelmaking coal up over $ 300 per ton even as thermal coal prices where Alliance produces have remained around $ 50 per ton.

Coal had made me money but companies in the industry had fallen on hard times due to low natural gas prices and environmental regulations.

Segal said he disagrees that new coal - fired generation will become obsolete due to market forces alone, citing utilities» interest in maintaining a diverse fuel mix to hedge against price fluctuations.

As Jiang explained, the efficiency of coal conversion technologies remains low, and coal - derived liquid fuels or coal - based synthetic gas have lost their price advantage due to falling prices for conventional energy sources.

Very few coal - fired power plants are expected to be built in the future, due to the abundance and low price of natural gas.

Natural gas also plays a growing role due to lower natural gas prices and relatively low capital construction costs that make it more attractive than coal.

Coal, like all fossil fuels, is a finite commodity, expected to cost more in the future in both commodity prices and operational expenses, due to new specifications for better scrubbers.

The decline in coal - related emissions is due mainly to utilities using less coal for electricity generation as they burned more low - priced natural gas.

The U.S. government forecasters at EIA expect that U.S. coal exports will fall back to about 110 million tons per year over the next two years, due to economic weakness in Europe, falling international prices, and competition from other coal - exporting countries.

A decline in coal - fired electricity generation, due largely to historically low natural gas prices

Coal companies have lost more than 90 percent of their value since the global coal bubble in 2011, and many companies have declared bankruptcy due to collapsing demand, oversupply on the international market, cheap natural gas prices, and new environmental regulatiCoal companies have lost more than 90 percent of their value since the global coal bubble in 2011, and many companies have declared bankruptcy due to collapsing demand, oversupply on the international market, cheap natural gas prices, and new environmental regulaticoal bubble in 2011, and many companies have declared bankruptcy due to collapsing demand, oversupply on the international market, cheap natural gas prices, and new environmental regulations.

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

[29] For the first quarter of 2011 Peabody reported their quarterly profits were up 32 % due to higher coal prices.

At a time at which U.S. dependence on coal is decreasing (due to increased supplies of unconventional natural gas and hence lower gas prices), China continues to rely on coal, but is very concerned about this, partly because of localized health impacts of particulates and other pollutants.

Last year the Energy Information Administration noted that the «decline in coal - related emissions is due mainly to utilities using less coal for electricity generation as they burned more low - priced natural gas.»

Q: The coal industry has faced depressed prices over the last several years — what impact have you seen on the market due to that (focus on Africa)-- potential supply side deficit / inability...

They are now paying the economic scarcity penalty and see rising prices due to coal transportation costs from elsewhere.

In the UK alone coal's share of generation fell to just 9 % in 2016 (a historic low), due to the closure of three plants last year mainly caused by the introduction of a carbon price floor.

Gas is in the money compared to coal, due to a combination of tougher EU - level emissions standards for coal, rising carbon prices and fuel price levels leading to favourable economic terms for electricity production from gas.

In the United States, coal's dominance in the power sector has been eroded by low gas prices; in China, coal demand has fallen due to lower use in the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generation.

The firm prices are due to robust use in India, Japan, South Korea and even China, where coal consumption has held up despite huge programs to boost the use of gas and renewable energy.

And in December 2011, an unusual amount of gas was burned instead of coal due to low gas prices.

This was in part due to steady declines in coal prices, which have declined by more than 50 percent since 2011, as well as an instance where local women and children formed a human blockade around its La Francia coal mine.

Coal producers say they are scaling back operations and laying off thousands of workers due to fierce competition from natural gas, falling coal prices and tougher power plant regulatiCoal producers say they are scaling back operations and laying off thousands of workers due to fierce competition from natural gas, falling coal prices and tougher power plant regulaticoal prices and tougher power plant regulations.

However, the collapse of high natural gas and oil prices due to the recession resulted in a rethink of «peak oil», and hence lower CO2 sales prices for EOR, and also of the need for a «dash for coal».

The claim that the undeveloped countries will buy gobs of coal, causing the price to skyrocket due to supply & demand, is sort of silly.

Canyonguy is correct that there are other sources for coal and the reduction in coal burning due to the price impact of western coal exports is fairly small, although not negligible.

Natural gas generation fell further than coal despite a net addition of 5.9 GW of new gas generation capacity, due to higher gas prices earlier in the year.

As power demand growth slows from a historical average of 10 % to 3 % or less per year, the coal capacity in the pipeline, as well as some existing coal capacity, risks becoming stranded due to low carbon capacity targets, ongoing reforms in the power sector and carbon pricing.

Vast quantities of coal — proven to exist — remain in the ground — but not included on the reserve tally because they are not economically recoverable at current prices — in part due to the availability of oil and natural gas.

Victoria normally has the lowest average wholesale spot prices due to their brown coal capacity, but that's not the case at the moment.