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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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Thursday, 01 February 18
RISING US OIL EXPORTS, MARKET DISRUPTION, BRENT-WTI SPREAD - WOOD MACKENZIE
What will US tight oil growth do to crude markets? The build-up in volumes early this decade led to a supply glut that undermined prices in 2014.
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Wednesday, 31 January 18
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - TIMOS PAPADIMITRIOU
Days before the celebrations of the Lunar New Year, the dry bulk market seems to be holding well, against negative predictions. Period numbers repo ...
Monday, 29 January 18
BALTIC INDEX GAINS ON STRONGER BIG VESSEL ACTIVITY
COALspot.com: The Baltic Exchange, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities rose this past week and ending on a positive note week ov ...
Monday, 29 January 18
U.S.WEEKLY COAL OUTPUT UP 8.7% W/W - EIA
COALspot.com – U.S., the world’s second largest coal producers have produced approximately totaled an estimated 14.6 million short tons ...
Wednesday, 24 January 18
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - GEORGE ILIOPOULOS
Since the beginning of the New Year we have been witnessing the BDI correcting downwards, which nonetheless seems to have no effect at ...
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- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- The University of Queensland
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- White Energy Company Limited
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Australian Coal Association
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Planning Commission, India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
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