Sentences with phrase «for coal imports»

What it did instead was increase the country's demand for coal imports.

The motivations could include cost, pollution reduction (conventional pollutants, for health / economic benefits) and reduction in the need for coal imports.

Not exact matches

North Korea generates about $ 1 billion a year from the coal trade, according to the Treasury, which singled out three Chinese coal companies it said was responsible for importing almost a half - billion dollars in North Korean coal between 2013 and 2016.

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke off funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, banning exports including coal, iron, lead, textiles and seafood, and capping imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products.

Cambrian's mines are also a source for metallurgical coal, an essential ingredient in steel manufacturing, a sector expected to benefit from President Trump's recent 25 percent tariff on imported steel.

3) A series of trade and / or security incidents could develop that would have for unfortunate consequence limiting the ability of China to import oil or coal or other strategic minerals;

Production growth has stalled before in the 1990s, but this time I suspect that a production limit has been reached and it is easier now for China to import surface mined coal from Indonesia and Australia.

Currently, China supposedly has stopped coal imports from N. Korea in an arrangement by Trump for the U.S. to provide the coal to China, but this trade curtailment being honored is in question.

And there's no need for European countries to build expensive new terminals to handle coal imports.

Drilling for natural gas has been promoted because it burns more cleanly than coal and can reduce dependence on imported energy sources, and it can also bring jobs to economically battered regions of the state.

«We need to more effectively use the international coal market to import more coal, especially for our southeast coastline.»

There are great mounds of imported coal being loaded onto rail cars for shipment to a local power station to be burned and release thousands of tons of climate - changing carbon into the atmosphere.

Indonesia has key advantages for exporting its coal because of the proximity of its two primary coal - producing islands — Kalimantan and Sumatra — to seaports and navigable rivers, reducing transport time and cost for importing countries, GBI noted.

For example, China gets about 20 per cent of its imported coal from Australia, but more than half of what Australia sends might not meet the new standards.

From a proposed border tariff that could affect energy imports and exports, to recent approvals for new oil pipelines and an early rollback of regulations on coal production, the Trump administration is likely to usher in significant changes in energy policy.

Finally, taking a more worldly view, they estimated replacing coal - fired power plants in Japan with liquid - natural - gas plants that burn fuel imported from the United States would also be a net - plus for the environment, with a 15 percent emissions savings.

During South Africa's apartheid period, for example, the country could not import oil, so it gasified locally abundant coal to make gasoline.

If he is successful in returning the US to a coal - based economy (and that looks unlikely), then the European Union needs to borrow his «protectionist» cloak and put in place carbon - standards for imported goods.

Importing gas from Russia poses security risks for the country, and the government is unwilling to take unpopular decisions to shut down German coal mines and threaten jobs.

The fuel - flexibility enabled by this new technology will reduce dependency on imported coal and create cost savings, since cheaper options, including waste coal, can be used for fuel, VTT says.

For example: products that are manufactured from electricity produced by coal would be subject to import duties.

He also described the important role China sees for imports of natural gas as a path to cut its reliance on coal, its view on nuclear power and more.

a) The coal required for these projects is being imported globally, mainly from Australia, and it is easy to unload that from the ships off the coast.

The report describes how India, despite its poverty, has moved ahead with an initiative for raising money for energy research that the United States — thanks to a lack of leadership, congressional polarization and fear of anything remotely resembling a tax — has so far been unable to do: India has created a National Clean Energy Fund for research and innovation financed by a levy of $ 1.10 (U.S.) per metric ton of mined or imported coal.

Leaving aside the Indian government's stated determination to end coal imports in the next few years (at least for the large public sector), what's happening to actual demand for coal - fired electricity.

Advocates of an expansion of Australian coal mining are constantly claiming that India is desperate for imported coal to supply urgently needed electricity.

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.)

Note: The sum of «Production» and «Imports» less «Exports» may not equal «Consumption» due to changes in stocks, losses, unaccounted - for coal, and special arrangements such as the United States shipments of anthracite to United States Armed Forces in Europe.

National and international development banks and export credit agencies, including Export - Import Banks in (South) Korea and the US, the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation [1] and the Export Finance Insurance Corporation in Australia have been a major source of finance for coal plants in developing countries like the Phillipines and Vietnam.

On Dec. 7, 2011, Peabody said it bought a 5.1 percent stake in Winsway, a company that specializes in importing Mongolian coking coal into China for use in the steel industry.

By the mid 2020s, for example, Kawasaki Heavy Industries plans to begin importing brown coal fired, carbon - capture - and - storage produced hydrogen from Australia's state of Victoria to the southern Japanese port city of Kobe.

Toss in scale economies, and the result will be lower costs, greater energy security and an increased state economic multiplier effect as less money drains offshore to pay for expensive and dirty imported coal and oil.

Millennium Bulk Terminals (MBT), a subsidiary of Australia - based Ambre Energy, has proposed to modify the terminal to include a new coal export facility and equipment for cement products imports and distribution.

Instead of your F @ # % ^ & g Al Gore solutions coal can be converted to diesel fuel and ELIMINATE our need for imports.

Forget import of gas and coal — the emphasis should — for the sake of the future.»

As a recent report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative highlights, grid costs become prohibitive for coal in rural areas when the investment needed to build a thermal power plant is combined with the cost of building electricity grid extensions and importing fuel.

Whereas the delicate balance between imports and domestic production in China, and to a lesser extent India, made import volumes volatile in the past few years, stability in Northeast Asia (Japan, Korea and Chinese Taipei) provided a level of comfort for coal exporters.

Google this name «Maurice Strong» He is, as we speak, trying to wrangle a deal for importing Chinese «Chery» automobiles from China, built with coal power and huge «carbon footprints».

Future production in the state - owned Singareni, captive blocks and commercial mining (if any) will play a role, but the performance of Coal India, which maintains its ambitious targets for coal production, will be critical to meet the government's desire to cut impoCoal India, which maintains its ambitious targets for coal production, will be critical to meet the government's desire to cut impocoal production, will be critical to meet the government's desire to cut imports.

We have significantly reduced our forecast for thermal coal imports to India compared with last year's report in response to government measures to reduce dependence on imports.

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.

We forecast coal demand to more than quadruple between 2016 and 2022, with Pakistan emerging as a significant international player, with imports accounting for half of its consumption.

The total coal capacity that is uneconomic compared to renewable energy grows when the UCS analysis is relaxed to allow for importing low - cost wind from the Plains or in - region solar.

The cost of backfilling hundreds of «missing» wind megawatts, by importing coal - fired power from Victoria, running gas - fired OCGTs, reciprocating diesel engined generators and Jay Weatherill's 276 MW diesel - fuelled Open Cycle Turbines (that chew up 80,000 litres of diesel every hour) is staggering: Wind «Powered» South Australia Pays $ 14,000 per MWh for Power that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver for coal - fired power from Victoria, running gas - fired OCGTs, reciprocating diesel engined generators and Jay Weatherill's 276 MW diesel - fuelled Open Cycle Turbines (that chew up 80,000 litres of diesel every hour) is staggering: Wind «Powered» South Australia Pays $ 14,000 per MWh for Power that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver for Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver for $ 50

To reduce its dependence on imported coal (coal - fired plants account for 57 % of India's installed capacity) India is making favorable progress in introducing renewable energy power facilities.

The lawsuit, filed with with ATP's sister organization, the American Tradition Institute (ATI), argues that the RPS unconstitutionally discriminates against coal power by regulating commerce outside state borders — which makes it tough for utilities to import electricity from out - of - state coal plants.

(The report profiles electricity production and opportunities for saving power in 24 of those states — all except Virginia, which, though it imports a lot of foreign coal, is not a net coal importer).

We use our massive coal exports to pay for trash such as wind and solar installations (from imported materials).

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The benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy policies are even greater for states that now rely on imported coal, because such policies channel funds into local economic development — funds that would otherwise leave the state.