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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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Thursday, 30 June 22
FINANCIAL GAINS SUPPORT COAL TRANSITION - BALTIC EXCHANGE
Support for the shift away from coal dependency continues to mount, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) calculating that the move would gene ...
Thursday, 30 June 22
WHY ARE LNG SHIPPING STOCKS RESILIENT? - DREWRY
LNG shipping stocks are proving resilient despite uncertainties about growth in global GDP, high inflation and the ongoing geopolitical crisis caus ...
Thursday, 30 June 22
SPOT AUSTRALIAN THERMAL COAL HAS SURGED, BUT CONTRACT PRICE IS KEY - REUTERS
The spot price of Australian thermal coal is higher than that of coking coal, an unprecedented situation that highlights just how the global market ...
Thursday, 30 June 22
SHANXI PROVINCE RAISES ANNUAL COAL OUTPUT TO 1.3 BILLION TONS TO ENSURE CHINA’S ENERGY SUPPLY - GLOBAL TIMES
North China’s Shanxi Province, a major coal-producing region, recently announced a move to increase its annual coal production output by 107 ...
Thursday, 30 June 22
DIVERGENCE BETWEEN HIGH- AND LOW-GRADE THERMAL COAL PRICES IN APAC TO NARROW - FITCH RATINGS
Prices between high- and low-grade thermal coal in Asia-Pacific (APAC) have diverged since late March 2022, but Fitch Ratings expects the gap to na ...
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- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
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- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
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- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
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- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
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- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
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- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- White Energy Company Limited
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
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- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Australian Coal Association
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Planning Commission, India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
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