Coal India has budgeted $ 1.2 billion to buy assets in the U.S., Indonesia and Australia during the year ending March 2011 as it battles a widening gap between
domestic coal supply and demand.
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.
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.
The LCFS would essentially ban imports to California of fuels derived from unconventional sources such as oil sands from Canada, oil shale from the Western US, or
domestic coal supplies that can be converted into transportation fuels.
Not exact matches
By Agnieszka Barteczko and Henning Gloystein WARSAW / LONDON (Reuters)- Poland, one of the heaviest polluters in Europe, will become even dirtier now that its shale gas ambitions have faded and it turns to cheap
domestic lignite
coal to secure its energy
supply.
With
domestic production of oil, gas and uranium far below peaks,
coal has been promoted by elected officials and energy experts as the only bright spot in the national fuel
supply picture.
In the US,
coal producers increased exports to counter the
domestic downturn and sought to expand overseas production capacity which could
supply the booming Asian region.
Most countries have a
domestic supply or can easily and affordably access it on the seaborne market and therefore they have confidence in
coal supply.
Endowed with vast reserves in the Thar lignite field and facing a severe energy shortage, Pakistan is betting on
domestic and imported
coal for electricity
supply in the coming years.
The industry's plan B, to export production to assumed perennial growth markets in Asia, has also floundered amid a global market awash with
supply from other countries and weak demand; Chinese
coal consumption fell nearly 3 % in 2014 while India, the world's third largest buyer, says it may stop imports of thermal
coal in the next three years With
domestic markets collapsing and no lifeline from abroad, 264 [1] US mines were closed between 2011 and 2013.
Arch
Coal claims to
supply 16 % of the
domestic market [3].
The report highlights: Trends in
domestic energy demand and
supply prospects to 2040, broken down by fuel and sector The outlook for the power sector and the increasing share of
coal in the region's electricity generation The role that Southeast Asia will play in international energy trade and the implications for its energy expenditures The potential energy and environmental benefits of implementing pragmatic measures that would help limit the rise in the region's greenhouse - gas emissions An in - depth analysis of energy prospects in Malaysia to 2040 A focus on four key issues that will shape the direction of the region's energy system: power grid interconnection, energy investment, energy access and fossil - fuel subsidies
I'm very active in politics and can tell you that the forces driving the US towards further
coal consumption (energy density of
coal,
domestic supply, labor employment, big - business / mining concerns etc.etc.)