Pipeline permits printed exclusively on unobtainium, fracking demonized daily in the media and fought in the courts, massive deposits of
our highest quality coal placed off limits (by Bill Clinton, with the stroke of a pen without discussion), zero chance for new nuclear construction, drive to replace gas / diesel cars with electric cars - charged from what, ad infinitum.
Moreover, we notice a decline in production of
the highest quality coal, that is, the coal with the highest energy content per volume.
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.
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.
The CSIRO «MyPower» calculator shows that, even in Australia where we have cheap,
high quality coal close to the main population centres and where nuclear power is strongly opposed, nuclear power would be the cheapest way to reduce emissions: http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Energy/MyPower.aspx
This production and reserve base allows Murray Energy to provide electric utility customers with low cost, reliable, and
high quality coal supplies.
For example, we can substitute some residential coal burning and industrial boiler for electricity, or fuel - engine vehicles for electric vehicles; save natural gas for residential use; and for those who still have to burn coal, provide them with
high quality coal.»
If mountaintop removal to extract
high quality coal at reduced risk to miners is unacceptable and unsustainable — how is it eco-friendly and sustainable to clear - cut mountain vistas for wind turbines?
We expanded our business in the 1990s and 2000s by purchasing additional
high quality coal reserves strategically located near customers and convenient and low cost modes of transportation in Northern Appalachia, the Illinois Basin, and in Utah.
That's why projects such as Adani's Carmichael mine development in Queensland remain essential, because they will supply
high quality coal into India for use in modern HELE power plants.
Not exact matches
A commitment to delivering the
highest quality food has made Anthony's
Coal Fired Pizza one red hot success.
Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of
high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with
coal; and federal air
quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.
In mountaintop mining, companies use explosives and heavy machinery to clear away surface rocks and extract shallow deposits of
high -
quality coal.
Across the country, the transport, mining and importing of
coal with an ash content
higher than 40 per cent and sulphur content
higher than 3 per cent is banned, effectively ending the use of the poorest -
quality coal.
Mahan is a 20,000 - hectare forest that overlies some of the
highest -
quality coal in India.
In its statement, Peabody reiterated its belief that advanced clean
coal technology «is the bridge to a low - emissions future for a world experiencing rising electricity demand to satisfy urbanization and offer a
higher quality of life.»
From U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625â $ «C, 2001: «Sufficient
high -
quality, thick, bituminous resources remain in [major Appalachian Basin]
coal beds and
coal zones to last for the next one to two decades at current production.
I don't see UNP cutting the dividend, so your're going to be paid to wait till the stock goes back up.I know it has headwinds China, oil, and
coal but the is a
high quality company.
There are
qualities of various
coals (just like oil) that increase costs as you go from
high grade to lower grade.
Winsway, it stated, «is one of the leading suppliers in China of imported
high -
quality coking
coal.
Global
coal reserve data are of poor
quality, but seem to be biased towards the
high side.
As a general rule, in the SRES scenarios an increasing affluence causes energy use per capita to rise and leads to the substitution of solid fuels, such as
coal and fuelwood, with energy forms of
higher quality.
Buschhaus is a modern power plant site and our
high -
quality coal will also ensure the economic operation of the power plant in future.
Murray Energy Corporation is the largest privately owned
coal company in the United States, producing approximately seventy - six million tons of
high quality bituminous
coal each year, and employing over 6,000 people in six states.
Murray Energy Corporation produces approximately 76 million tons of
high quality bituminous
coal each year.
Generating energy using
coal, oil, and gas also comes at
high environmental costs by decreasing air
quality, impacting our water resources, and negatively affecting our health.
Murray Energy Corporation is the largest privately owned
coal company in the United States, producing approximately 76 million tons of
high quality bituminous
coal each year, and employing over 6,000 people in six states.
They might even argue that the new air
quality standards (even excluding the CO2 standard) are a backdoor step toward carbon regulation taking advantage of
coal's
higher conventional pollutant emissions married to its carbon emissions.
With China dealing with civil unrest and bad international headlines over air
quality issues, the country recently penned a joint greenhouse gas reduction agreement with the United States and also announced in September that it would soon ban the import of
coal with
high sulfur and ash content.
Some producers are shifting their focus to metallurgical
coal, a
higher -
quality form that is mined underground, rather than the thinner seams exposed by mountaintop mines.
The ratio of energy returned on energy invested (EROEI) for fossil energy production has tended to fall as
high -
quality deposits of oil,
coal, and natural gas are depleted, and as society relies more on unconventional oil and gas that require more energy for extraction, and on
coal that is more deeply buried or that is of lower energy content.
Energy transitions have tended towards
higher -
quality and cheaper fuels in the past: wood - to -
coal, whales - to - kerosene, horses - to - cars,
coal - to - gas, etc..
Although India has seemingly abundant
coal reserves, the low -
quality,
high - ash fuel causes problems when it's used in state - of - the - art power plants.
Three states alone — Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia — produce 52 % of the
high -
quality thermal and metallurgical
coal in the U.S. Coal output in all three of these states has been flat or in decline for many ye
coal in the U.S.
Coal output in all three of these states has been flat or in decline for many ye
Coal output in all three of these states has been flat or in decline for many years.
Also, like any significant changes to our energy mix, there is no way to simply shift to
high quality black
coal on any near term time scale.
Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have proposed a novel two - stage process to convert low - rank
coals or biomass wastes under mild conditions to
high -
quality liquid fuel.
Russell, if I was treating
high quality black
coal as the same as pure carbon it would be closer to 3.6 tons of CO2.
«Sufficient
high -
quality, thick, bituminous resources remain in [Appalachian Basin]
coal beds and
coal zones to last for the next one to two decades at current production.»
After all, the United States is the Saudi Arabia of inexpensive,
high -
quality coal and has sufficient resources to provide the vitally needed secure electric power Americans must have to ensure their health for generations to come.
Venezuela is known for its
high -
quality coal.