A few years ago, the country began restricting
domestic coal production by reducing the days a mine could be operational.
The production decrease is largely attributable to a forecast decline of 4 %
in domestic coal consumption in 2018, with most of the decline expected to be in the electric power sector.
«The increase in
domestic coal consumption is driven by huge demand from existing and upcoming coal - fired power plants,» the report said.
Questions remain as to whether American exports
of domestic coal can make up the difference.
While it is showing signs of pulling back
on domestic coal power expansion, numerous media reports have documented its support for the development of coal power overseas.
Secret plans to run down
domestic coal industry were being drawn up even before the year - long miners» strike had ended
It's predominantly the energy available — the goal is to be able to
use domestic coal, 250 years worth of coal, to be able to use America's coal for energy security, while making it as clean as possible — Michelle Collet - Kriz, spokesperson for Seminole
Foley said that coal will still likely be the majority power source in 25 years in developing economies like China and India, as they have large
domestic coal supplies and less domestic competition from natural gas.
«Our commitment to clean is matched by a commitment to keep energy costs affordable and to protect our security by using our abundant
domestic coal reserves to meet America's growing energy needs.»
China joined South Africa as the only countries with a working coal - to - liquids plant designed to turn
abundant domestic coal into liquid transport fuel, Bloomberg notes.
To meet that demand, and to limit coal imports, Goyal plans to
increase domestic coal production to 1.5 billion tons a year by 2020, from 2015 levels of 660 million tons.
China's coal consumption has nearly doubled since 2000, and given the country's rapidly expanding economy and
large domestic coal deposits, its demand for coal is projected to remain strong...
The project activity is the introduction of an alternative ignition technique for
domestic coal fires that causes households to switch from a less efficient ignition technique with significant greenhouse gas emissions to a technique that results in considerably less emissions.
Just a month after international climate negotiations in Paris, both China and the United States have announced bold steps to address
domestic coal leasing.
U.S. domestic coal consumption has dropped precipitously as utilities turn to cheap natural gas to generate electricity.
Platts Asia coal team discusses in detail the latest price trends in the Chinese
domestic coal market, focusing on two new daily Platts thermal coal price assessments.
Because he has vowed to widen India's doors to foreign investment, rehabilitate its crumbling — or, in many regions, nonexistent — infrastructure, deregulate the retail industry and loosen the red tape that has
halted domestic coal production, investor confidence in the South Asian country has surged like never before.
It's not surprising that India, despite
big domestic coal reserves, is shopping in the United States for new coal sources to feed its climb toward electrification, industrialization, and prosperity.
Like other analysts, BCG hasn't understood that within a decade, the choices for these nations with soaring vehicle populations will not be electricity from coal vs. imported gasoline but rather electricity from a evolving power grid vs. fuel made by
liquefying domestic coal, with 2 - 3x the CO2 of coal - fueled plug - ins.)
Reference prices are assumed to be below observed import prices in some cases, such as steam coal in India, which relies heavily on low -
quality domestic coal but imports small volumes of higher quality coal.
However, this would be somewhat offset by a 5 to 10 % increase in
domestic coal prices (Chinese only) as part of the NDRC's ongoing efforts to phase in electricity price reform.
and, news that Adani is blending
more domestic coal in the fuel for its Indian power plants to cut costs.
Additionally, I wanted to delve a little more into the much
publicized domestic coal supply woes of China that we might have all read about at some point or another.
While plans to
expand domestic coal production may run against this proposal, the Niti Aayong report said «energy security may be further enhanced through diversification of the import sources and reduced energy requirement».
Despite the much - touted solar expansion, India is also planning to
double domestic coal production to one billion tonnes, and it has been putting pressure on environmental groups trying to keep mining in check.
Yet surely Indonesia is entitled to use its
significant domestic coal resources to provide reliable and affordable electricity to fuel its growing economy.
China has long relied on
domestic coal too, and on hydro power, building massive dams.
If we just keep drilling, we're told time and again (and again), if we just tap into our
plentiful domestic coal reserves, if we just build that tar sands pipeline, if we just let natural gas companies get in there and get the job done and get our natural gas trapped beneath our homes and farms.
The inability to meet demand in the peak season due to a mismatch between renewable energy generation curve and
insufficient domestic coal supplies has since long troubled India's power sector.
Falling domestic coal consumption (down 4.6 % in 2011) along with a slight increase in U.S. coal production (0.9 %) freed up more coal to export.
NETL is providing funding for a total of 10 projects that focus on developing cost - effective and environmentally benign methods for recovering REEs
from domestic coal.
SIAC arbitration involving the cancellation of a contract for the import of a cargo of coal into India (involving governmental restrictions on the use of imported coal in India in favour of the use
of domestic coal), culminating in a hearing in 5 - day hearing in Singapore.
As a result, the European Union is phasing out subsidies
for domestic coal plants by 2018 in line with its efforts to take a global lead in the fight against climate change.
However, while tighter restrictions on
domestic coal plants have been imposed by the central government to curb pollution, Beijing has pushed the development of high - efficiency, low - emission coal plants across Southeast Asia as part of the «Belt and Road Initiative».
However, declines
in domestic coal use were partially offset by rising coal exports to Asia and Europe (see chart above).
Phrases with «domestic coal»