«With the low price of oil and
the very low natural gas price you would think there would be some companies that would start to be pushed to the wall and a number of deals done.
Not exact matches
At the same time, the
price of its main feedstock,
natural gas, has remained
very low in North America.
However, coal demand can continue to decline if
natural gas prices stay
low for a
very long time allowing further replacement of coal - fired power plants with
gas - fired ones.
If you look at unconventional
gas production, we will have vast volumes of
natural gas available for the next 25 years at
very low prices.»
Very few coal - fired power plants are expected to be built in the future, due to the abundance and
low price of
natural gas.
This increased supply — which is expected to continue for years — has
lowered prices for
natural gas, making it
very cost - competitive compared to other energy sources.
At a time at which U.S. dependence on coal is decreasing (due to increased supplies of unconventional
natural gas and hence
lower gas prices), China continues to rely on coal, but is
very concerned about this, partly because of localized health impacts of particulates and other pollutants.
In the energy markets, he said, «
prices have been
very low,» thanks to
natural gas from shale deposits, and the market is «doing the job markets were intended to do.»
New coal and nuclear generation can not compete with «the
very low price of
natural gas and the efficiency of new
natural gas plants,» as well as the declining
price of renewable energy.
And it's
very unlikely
natural gas prices would remain
low enough, and stable enough to guarantee that
prices remain well below $ 40 / MWh for the next few decades.
Proof is that wind and solar have boomed over the last five years when
natural gas prices have been
very low.