Sentences with phrase «surge in coal»

There is a huge surge in coal mining and the number of coal fired power plants in the guise of meeting electricity demands and development for the country.

According to analyst Andreq Quail, the huge surge in coal prices has forced Goldman's hand.

Not exact matches

The coal miner has been hurt as the world has turned to more environmentally - friendly energy sources such as natural gas — a trend that has accelerated in the last few years as gas prices have come down substantially due to surging supply from the U.S. fracking boom.

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 the case of coal, while the capacity of port and rail infrastructure has become stretched with the latest surge in global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent yearIn the case of coal, while the capacity of port and rail infrastructure has become stretched with the latest surge in global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent yearin global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent years.

Those winter shutdowns were expected to dampen demand and prices for Australian iron ore and coal in particular, but prices for both commodities have remained strong; iron ore prices have surged 26 per cent since October 31 to be fetching $ US77.74 per tonne on Tuesday, according to Metal Bulletin.

Rolling back environmental regulations will not lead to a significant resurgence of the coal industry because those regulations played only a minor role relative to slowing demand for electricity and a surge in cheaper, cleaner sources of energy.

If there is a surge in demand, ERCOT can send Georgetown electricity, including from coal - or gas - fired plants.

A surge in hydropower, nuclear and gas power has cut coal's share in power generation to 73 percent this year, from 78 percent in 2007, and this is set to move even lower.

Meeting coal demand in Japan Indonesian coal is also expected to help fuel a surge in fossil power generation in Japan after that country shuttered its nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor meltdown in 2011.

India, Indonesia also see rising production GBI projects that India, currently the world's third - largest coal producer, will also see a surge in production — on the order of 6.8 percent annually — because of the country's heavy reliance on coal - fired electricity along with expanding steel, cement and fertilizer manufacturing sectors.

That surge was fueled, in large part, because of a growing economy, falling coal prices and a cold winter, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday in its annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

The numbers aren't perfect — they don't fully reflect the recent surge in unconventional energy sources like shale gas, and they don't accurately reflect coal reserves, which are subject to less stringent reporting requirements than oil and gas.

And it remains an absolute pipe dream if considered at anywhere near the scale that would be required to impress the global atmosphere in a world where coal use is expected to surge for decades.

His rapid - fire mind allowed us to fit in a long list of issues, from the ebbing and surging of China's power over the centuries to the merits of Honda Civics and a low - meat diet, from the persistent threat of terrorism and nuclear war to what he says is the fantasy of capturing and burying carbon dioxide from coal combustion at a scale the atmosphere might notice.

Or the Turkey Point nuclear expansion, in which Florida Power & Light toys with the idea of adding two new reactors to their coal / gas / nuclear plant 25 miles outside Miami — even though it is extremely exposed to sea level rise (and potentially hurricane storm surge.)

New data published Monday by a global team of researchers show that sharp declines in Chinese coal burning and a continued surge of renewable energy worldwide may have contributed to the first - ever global decline in emissions during a year when the overall global economy grew.

The European Commission has given limited backing for gas and coal power subsidies, which will boost conventional utilities caught out by a surge in renewable power, but may undermine carbon cuts.

It is not clear that the surge in U.S. coal exports will continue.

The surge in production has pushed gas prices to historic lows, leading utilities increasingly to choose it over coal.

Not surprisingly, German hard coal imports have surged — jumping 25 % in the first quarter of 2013 — as have its carbon emissions, which rose 1.5 % last year and are poised to rise again this year, alarming both the nation's environmental groups and the Merkel government.

This analytical report observes that the economic boom in the Asia - Pacific region has been fuelled by surges of energy consumption, especially of fossil fuels, including oil, gas and coal.

The greatest surge in manmade CO2 (plus methane, ethane, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, and many more so - called greenhouses gases) occurred from 1940, as the industrialized world experienced an explosive growth in (95 % coal - fired) heavy industry, first for armaments in WWII, then infrastructure and industrial rebuilding and consumer durables (cars, refrigerators etc.) in the post war boom.

The simultaneous surge in energy demand, especially from developing countries, means that fossil fuels — such as coal and oil — will still account for 77 percent of world energy use through 2040.

The rise is very probably a blip, resulting from miscalculations by Chinese officials in 2017 over the pace of coal mine shutdowns and an unexpected surge in electricity demand.

And the report predicts a bigger increase in the years ahead due to an unprecedented surge of new U.S. coal - plant proposals that would emit substantially more CO2 than other sources generating the same amount of power.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights coal's dramatic recent surge in comparison to oil:

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 the use of coal is largely attributable to higher domestic carbon prices and the surge in renewables — in 2015, the carbon tax doubled to # 18 per tonne of CO2.

Utilities have turned to liquefied natural gas and coal, which surged to provide 31 % of the country's electricity in 2014.

Right: yearly increments of the anthropic ppm for a 5.5 years life time in the air; increased use of natural gas since 1980 reduced it to +0.3 ppm / year before the recent coal surge

But that wouldn't reduce the surge of U.S. natural gas production that's crowding out coal in power plants.

Commentators who predict a surge in natural gas demand from electric utilities likewise overlook the scope that power producers have to switch between coal and natural gas at their plants, depending on which thermal fuel offers the best economics.

London - The World Coal Association (WCA) has welcomed news that Moody's has upgraded the outlook for India's power sector to stable from negative in view of surge in domestic coal productCoal Association (WCA) has welcomed news that Moody's has upgraded the outlook for India's power sector to stable from negative in view of surge in domestic coal productcoal production.

London - The World Coal Association (WCA) has welcomed news that Moody's has upgraded the outlook for India's power sector to stable from negative in view of surge in domestic coaCoal Association (WCA) has welcomed news that Moody's has upgraded the outlook for India's power sector to stable from negative in view of surge in domestic coalcoal...

But in the last few years, long - distance international coal exports have been surging because of China's galloping economy, which now burns half of the six billion tons of coal used globally each year.

Worldwide, the coal industry is suffering as the demand for its product weakens in the face of a surge in clean, renewable energy options and a world that can no longer afford to continue to consume this dirty fossil fuel.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Crude Oil Production, electronic database, at tonto.eia.doe.gov, updated 28 July 2008; American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), «Installed U.S. Wind Power Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.