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Thursday, 15 February 18
INDIA: THERMAL POWER PLANTS UNDER STRESS ON RISING COAL, FREIGHT COSTS - BUSINESS STANDARD
 Coal-based power plants are feeling the heat of spike in thermal grade coal prices and railway freight costs.
Prices of thermal grade coal since the last notification by Coal India on January 9 this year have moved up by 15-18 per cent. This apart, the levy of evacuation charge of Rs 50 per tonne is estimated to increase the cost of generation for coal-based power plants by 13-15 paise per unit.
Also, the Ministry of Railways through a notification on January 9 this year has rationalized the freight rates for coal transportation and withdrawing the levy of busy season surcharge (15 per cent) and development surcharge (five per cent) on coal transportation. The busy season surcharge is levied from April to June and October to March in a financial year. On an annual basis, the freight rates have been revised by 3.4-3.6 per cent across various distance slabs. According to a report by Icra, the impact of this freight revision on the cost of generation for thermal plants could be two to four paise per unit depending on the distance of the project from the associated coal mine.
“Thermal power plants are already operating at lower load due to rising demand for renewable power.
The hike in coal and railway freight costs is a blow on the operations of the coal-based units. The plants without long-term PPAs will suffer the most”, said an industry source.
For domestic coal-based IPPs (independent power producers) which have competitively bid based PPAs, the impact on the margins will be dependent on the extent of scalable energy charge component in the tariff structure. For power generating companies and IPPs without long-term PPAs and having exposure to short-term PPAs, the profitability will be negatively impacted with a rise in coal price, given the subdued short-term tariffs with the surplus generation capacity available in the country.
Icra expects a partial pass-through by private IPPs with a competitive bid based PPAs for the balance coal-based generation. Under these assumptions, the cost of power procurement for discoms at an all India level is estimated to increase by about nine paise per unit.
Assuming the average AT&C (aggregate technical & commercial) loss level at around 23 per cent in the country, the impact of the revision in coal prices and railway freight on cost of power supply per unit sold and retail tariffs (assuming full pass through by state regulators) is estimated at around 14 paisa per unit or 2.3 per cent tariff hike. However, the state-wise extent of an increase in the cost of power supply and hence, in retail tariff for a distribution utility would be dependent upon the mix of coal-based generation in its overall power procurement, the Icra report stated.
Cost of thermal power generation is likely to witness upward pressure due to Capex (Capital expenditure) requirement for complying with the revised environment norms, operating cost associated with the same as well as the cost of ensuring flexibility in operations with rising share of renewables.
Source: Business Standard
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Thursday, 21 December 17
SUPRAMAX: IN THE MOST CHANCE, DO NOT EXPECT ANY DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE NEAR FUTURE - FEARNLEYS
Supramax
Market reducing speed. Rates are dropping further for supras outbound USG on fronth, bkhaul is more stable i.e $25k/22k respectively say ...
Wednesday, 20 December 17
INDONESIAN HBA FELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX MONTHS, GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWS
COALspot.com: HBA fell 0.80 per cent in December, marking the first fall for the Indonesian Coal Price Reference ( HBA) since June 2017, the latest ...
Monday, 18 December 17
U.S. COAL EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 2017 WERE 69 MMST; UP 68% M/M - EIA
COALspot.com – U.S., the world’s second largest coal producers have produced approximately totalled an estimated 15.5 million sho ...
Thursday, 14 December 17
SUPRAMAX: INDO COAL TO CHINA AROUND LOW $10K DELIVERY SINGAPORE
Supramax
Atlantic basin kept its firm pace with charters still busy with covering pre-holiday requirements. Ultras got close to $20k for ordinary ...
Wednesday, 13 December 17
REFINED COAL HAS MADE UP NEARLY ONE-FIFTH OF COAL-FIRED POWER GENERATION SO FAR IN 2017 - EIA
The U.S. power sector consumption of coal is increasingly shifting to refined coal, even as coal-fired electricity generation decreases. Use of ref ...
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- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
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- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
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- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
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- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
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- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
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- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
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- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
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- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
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- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
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- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
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- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
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- Australian Coal Association
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
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- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
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- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
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- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
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- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
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- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
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- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
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- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
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- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
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- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
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- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- The University of Queensland
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- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- PTC India Limited - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
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- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
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- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
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- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
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- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
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- Parliament of New Zealand
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