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Tuesday, 21 March 17
JAPAN'S RENEWED COMMITMENT TO COAL - BENJAMIN SPORTON
 Japan is one of the largest economies in the world, and has long been a major consumer and importer of energy and a leader in energy technology development. Japan is also the world’s fifth-largest electricity user – electricity accounts for more than 36% of total energy.
Since the 2011 earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear accident, Japan has had to contend with various challenges in its energy sector: shutdown of all nuclear power plants has meant that Japan has faced increased fuel imports coupled with higher electricity prices.
Technology-driven urban lifestyles, growth of the middle class, rising incomes, and more electricity-enabled appliances and machines contribute to increased electricity demand. So it’s no wonder Japan is set to build 45 new high efficiency modern coal plants.
It is often said that coal is a fuel for the developing world, but is a good example of why that’s true. Developing economies require access to stable and affordable energy to build industrial capacity. On the other hand, developed countries require affordable and reliable electricity to continue to maintain economic competitiveness. For example, even under the now suspended Clean Power Plan in the United States, coal was forecast to provide 27% of US electricity in 2030. Australia's biggest states rely on coal for more than 90% of their electricity. In Germany coal plays a critical role in balancing the intermittency of renewables- providing about 30% of the electricity mix.
Japan knows full well that building more ultra-modern coal-fuelled power plants is the only way it can meet energy security demands and its environmental responsibility. Japan is signatory to the Paris Agreement and has pledged a 26% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. But the country also wants to remain competitive economically, so it’s diversifying its energy mix.
The additional 45 power plants will use state of the art high efficiency, low emissions (HELE) technologies. HELE technologies are a group of technologies developed to increase the amount of energy that can be generated from a coal plant while decreasing emissions.
Japan is no stranger to HELE technologies. The Isogo Thermal Power Station, located just 6 km from central Yokohama, is a great example of how HELE can help provide the efficiencies needed while provide the base-load energy that comes from coal. The Isogo plant uses ultra-supercritical (USC) technology to generate steam up to 620 degrees C and achieves a 45% efficiency level.
The IEA has forecast an increase in new HELE coal plants in the next 25 years. According to the Agency’s latest forecast, 730GW of these highly efficient plants will be built by 2040, and that more than half of the coal fleet in developing countries will increasingly consist of HELE plants by that same period.
Recognising this, the World Coal Association has set up the global Platform for Accelerating Coal Efficiency (PACE) to help raise the global average efficiency of coal-fuelled power plants and in effect to minimise CO2 emissions, whilst maintaining legitimate economic development and poverty alleviation efforts.
Deploying high efficiency low emission (HELE) coal-fuelled power plant is also a key step along a pathway to near zero-emissions from coal with carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS).
By Benjamin Sporton
WCA Chief Executive
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Tuesday, 25 August 20
INDIA'S IMPORTS FALL AS LOCKDOWNS IMPACT THE POWER AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS - REPORT
India is the world’s second largest thermal coal consumer and importer, importing an estimated 211 million tonnes of thermal coal in 2019.&nb ...
Monday, 24 August 20
A COMBINATION OF DEVELOPMENTS DROVE THE FALLOFF COAL PRICES - CHIEF ECONOMIST’ OFFICE, AUSTRALIA
China, rising domestic production combined with subdued power demand;
India, a lockdown coupled with government directives that fav ...
Monday, 24 August 20
AUSTRALIA'S THERMAL COAL EXPORTS ARE FORECAST TO DROP FROM AN ESTIMATED $20 BILLION IN 2019-20 TO $16 BILLION IN 2020-21: REPORT
Thermal coal spot prices have fallen sharply as the impact of COVID-19 drives a contraction in seaborne trade for only the second time this century ...
Saturday, 22 August 20
REPORT SEES INDIA’S RELIANCE ON THERMAL POWER DROPPING TO 50% IN 2021, 43% IN 2026 - ET ENERGY | IEEFA
India’s dependence on thermal power will reduce to 50 per cent by 2021-22 and 43 per cent by 2026-27 on the back of renewable energy (RE) cap ...
Friday, 21 August 20
323 MILLION ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL BE ON THE ROADS BY 2040 - WOOD MACKENZIE
Electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to reach 45 million units per year by 2040, with a total global EV stock of 323 million, according to new ...
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- Planning Commission, India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- The University of Queensland
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- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
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- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
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- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
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- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
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- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
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- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Posco Energy - South Korea
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- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
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- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
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- Australian Coal Association
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- MS Steel International - UAE
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
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- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
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- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
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- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
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- The Treasury - Australian Government
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- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
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- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
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- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
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- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
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- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- ASAPP Information Group - India
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- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
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