Sentences with phrase «decline in coal»

A 9 % forecast decline in coal exports also contributes to lower expected coal production in 2018.

Coal, which is in wide use for power generation in China, has always been cheaper than renewables, but the 40 - 60 percent decline in coal prices over the past few years hasn't dented growth in China's renewable energy business, he noted.

This came after an article in Energy Matters, 2016/03/03, that cited a «Statistical Communique Of The People's Republic of China» in reporting a 3.7 percent decline in coal consumption in 2015 following a decline of 2.9 percent in 2014.

It will be interesting whether, with the continued decline in the coal industry, AGL finds that the price may have been too high.

Considering that energy experts will tell you that competition from renewable energy and natural gas are actually causing the decline in coal, why are these Republicans so focused on EPA regulations?

That alone offset 40 % of the decline in coal - related emissions last year.

The Appalachian region has seen a steady decline in coal employment due a mixture of increased automation, cheaper coal from the Powder River Basin out west, tougher federal environmental regulations and the rise of natural gas and renewables.

«Moreover, with the recent decline in coal consumption and robust renewable energy development, China is positioning itself at the front of climate leadership.

A decline in asbestos, a decline in ozone - depleting chemicals, a decline in lead - based paint, a decline in coal.

Continued decline in coal consumption can not be taken for granted.

The decline in coal consumption for the third year in a row is, therefore, an encouraging sign.

We expect that a surge of generation from NGCCs and a decline in coal generation would be the likely least - cost CPP compliance pathway if the PTC and ITC weren't extended (left hand side of Figure 1).

The decline in coal CO2 emissions has contributed to a lower overall carbon intensity of U.S. energy consumption and kept emissions below pre-recession levels.

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

Whether or not that decline in coal use will be speedy or ambitious enough to head off serious national and international climate change is not clear.

In abandoning the CPP, the decline in coal's share of generation in the US will slow significantly, but coal is unlikely to regain the market share lost over the last decade.

The future of the EPA's Clean Power Plan (CPP) now looks uncertain but even its abandonment will, at best, arrest the decline in coal - fired generation in the long term.

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.»

Power sector CO2 emissions declined by 363 million metric tons between 2005 and 2013, due to a decline in coal's generation share and growing use of natural gas and renewables, but the CO2 emissions are projected to change only modestly from 2013 through 2040 in the 3 baseline cases used in this report.

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

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.

(Arkansas recently acknowledged that due to its recent decline in coal use, it is already meeting its 2030 Clean Power Plan emission target.)

The statistics reveal that the decline in coal is accelerating.

UCS notes that 2017 estimates indicate a continued decline in coal and natural gas, and an increase in renewable energy.

And the impact of China's decline in coal use may go beyond the border.

«The only significant decline in coal consumption globally was in the United States, and the reason is cheap gas.»

A decline in coal consumption in China for two consecutive years would be the first since 1982.

The decline in coal consumption fits an overall pattern seen in China over the past few years, which suggests that China is running out of high quality coal.

Interestingly enough, the decline in coal consumption in China appears to continue.

Rail traffic overall is down the most it has been in a long time (although all of it is due to a huge decline in coal hauling).

We referenced their numbers when we looked at the changing anatomy of U.S. oil imports, or when showing the decline in coal use over recent years.

Coal stockpiles are up as a result of declines in coal consumption by electric power plants.

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.

New mines boosted Illinois production in contrast to other major coal - producing states, such as Wyoming, West Virginia, and Kentucky, that experienced declines in coal production during second - quarter 2012 as well as mine closures.

Not exact matches

Its coal volumes have been falling for several years, and the combination of tougher environmental regulations and, in all probability, continued low natural - gas prices make it likely that the decline will persist.

Coal mining jobs are declining partly because low natural gas prices have cut coal's market share from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2Coal mining jobs are declining partly because low natural gas prices have cut coal's market share from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2coal's market share from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2016.

Coal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellCoal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellcoal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellets.

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to reverse the coal industry's declining fortunes and supported opening up offshore drilling in the Atlantic.

Coal - fired power makes up the largest share of electricity generation in the U.S., although that share is expected to decline thanks mostly to the rise of natural gas (see the chart below).

Given aging coal plants and the long, steady decline of the industry, putting coal miners to work in less - hazardous jobs seems both practical and appealing.

But like so many miners in Hazard, surrounding Perry County and throughout eastern Kentucky, Bowling was laid off, another victim of the coal industry's steady decline nationwide, especially over the past decade.

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder finds that steep declines in the use of coal for power generation over the past decade were caused largely by less expensive natural...

While the requirements have raised the cost of operating coal - fired plants, experts say a bigger factor in coal's decline has been cheaper natural gas.

EIA forecasts coal production to decline by 5 % to 738 million short tons (MMst) in 2018.

Progress in a few areas has been solid: slashing of bureaucratic red tape has led to a surge in new private businesses; full liberalization of interest rates seems likely following the introduction of bank deposit insurance in May; Rmb 2 trillion (US$ 325 billion) of local government debt is being sensibly restructured into long - term bonds; tighter environmental regulation and more stringent resource taxes have contributed to a surprising two - year decline in China's consumption of coal.

In short, bad policy could mildly slow coal's decline, good policy could radically accelerate it, but no policy could stop or reverse it, short of nationalizing the energy sector.

Chinese proclamations on coal consumption and the corresponding decline in carbon emissions may be off the mark, a journal study found.

That's an astonishing 99.9 % decrease in value, and possibly exemplifies the decline of coal better than anything else.

Workers in any declining industry can learn from the coal industry.