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Thursday, 23 December 21
ANNUAL U.S. COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATION WILL INCREASE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2014 - EIA
 From December 20 through December 30, Today in Energy will feature some of our favorite articles from 2021. Today’s article was originally published on October 18.
We expect 22% more U.S. coal-fired generation in 2021 than in 2020, according to our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). The U.S. electric power sector has been generating more electricity from coal-fired power plants this year as a result of significantly higher natural gas prices and relatively stable coal prices. This year, 2021, will yield the first year-over-year increase in coal generation in the United States since 2014.
Coal and natural gas have been the two largest sources of electricity generation in the United States. In many areas of the country, these two fuels compete to supply electricity based on their relative costs. U.S. natural gas prices have been more volatile than coal prices, so the cost of natural gas often determines the relative share of generation provided by natural gas and coal.
Because natural gas-fired power plants convert fuel to electricity more efficiently than coal-fired plants, natural gas-fired generation can have an economic advantage even if natural gas prices are slightly higher than coal prices. Between 2015 and 2020, the cost of natural gas delivered to electric generators remained relatively low and stable. This year, however, natural gas prices have been much higher than in recent years. The year-to-date delivered cost of natural gas to U.S. power plants has averaged $4.93 per million British thermal units (Btu), more than double last year’s price.
The overall decline in U.S. electricity demand in 2020 and record-low natural gas prices led coal plants to significantly reduce the percentage of time that they generated power. In 2020, the utilization rate (known as the capacity factor) of U.S. coal-fired generators averaged 40%. Before 2010, coal capacity factors routinely averaged 70% or more. This year’s higher natural gas prices have increased the average coal capacity factor to about 51%, which is almost the 2018 average.
Although rising natural gas prices have resulted in more U.S. coal-fired generation than last year, this increase in coal generation will most likely not continue. The electric power sector has retired about 30% of its generating capacity at coal plants since 2010, and no new coal-fired capacity has come online in the United States since 2013. In addition, coal stocks at U.S. power plants are relatively low, and production at operating coal mines has not been increasing as rapidly as the recent increase in coal demand. For 2022, we forecast that U.S. coal-fired generation will decline about 5% in response to continuing retirements of generating capacity at coal power plants and slightly lower natural gas prices.
Source: EIA
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Tuesday, 26 July 22
CAP RUSSIA'S OIL PRICE NOW - PROJECT SYNDICATE
Though the price of oil has declined in recent weeks, it is still through the roof, filtering through to gasoline prices, and causing economic and ...
Tuesday, 26 July 22
WILL SOUTH AMERICA’S WINTER DEMAND DRAW LNG CARGOES AWAY FROM EUROPE? - ICIS
South America is now in the middle of its winter demand season. Last year the region increased its share of global LNG imports in winter, with Braz ...
Monday, 25 July 22
GLOBAL 2021 COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATION SURGES TO RECORD HIGH - REUTERS
By contrast, mine output was still fractionally below the record set between 2012 and 2014 because older and less efficient coal generators have be ...
Saturday, 23 July 22
THE EU HAS BEEN REDUCING IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN REFINED OIL PRODUCTS SINCE MARCH - BANCHERO COSTA
The European Union could now ban the import and transit of fuel oil from Russia around six months ahead of the planned deadline, an EU official and ...
Saturday, 23 July 22
INDONESIA CONSIDERING SCRAPPING DOMESTIC SALES RULE FOR PALM OIL EXPORTS - REUTERS
Indonesia is considering removing a domestic sales requirement for palm oil exports because high inventories of the vegetable oil have been holding ...
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- The University of Queensland
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- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
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- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
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- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
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- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
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- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
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- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
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- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
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- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
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- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
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- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- London Commodity Brokers - England
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- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
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