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Coal consumption and production have sharply declined in recent years in the U.S., despite political support. Reasons … are mostly unfavorable economic conditions for coal, including competition from natural gas and renewables in the power … sector, as well as an aging coal-fired power plant fleet. Nevertheless, coal remains a major energy source in the North …
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electricity prices are deeply linked to coal prices among other factors, both in terms of levels and volatility, regardless of the … underlying fuel mix, and that coal was marginally more profitable than gas for electricity generation. EU policies aimed at …
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Since China decontrolled coal prices, its coal price has risen steadily and been unusually volatile. In 2011 in … particular, high coal prices and capped electricity prices in China discouraged coal-fired power generation, triggering … widespread power shortages. We suggest that these coal-price disturbances could be symptomatic of a major change in pricing …
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This paper investigates the causal relationship between urban population, real GDP, electricity production and coal … GDP to coal consumption. The variance decomposition analysis report that urban population and coal affect electricity … over time. Policy measures aimed at influencing GDP could ultimately affect coal consumption. …
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United States energy policymaking can be better supported with accurate and consistent data on coal reserves, both in … the public and private sectors. In particular, reserve data for coal and other energy resources should be directly … accessible coal reserves are of insufficient quality to guide such decisions. Even still, these data are often presented for use …
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China has emerged as a leader in coal liquefaction. While the country's abundant coal resources and acute concerns … technologies on scarce resources such as water. However, local government officials in coal rich areas have strong incentives to … pour investment into the technology, which helps explain the uneven development and policy. The future of coal liquefaction …
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China has been building at least 50 gigawatt (GW) of new coal-fired power plants every year since 2004. In the absence … of CO2 capture ready (CCR) designs, a large fraction of new coal power plants built in the next decade could face ‘carbon …–UK–China Near Zero Emissions Coal initiative (NZEC) project. …
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perspective is illustrated with two historical cases of the British coal industry (1913–1967, 1967–1997). These cases are also …
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This history of the transition from organic to mineral fuels suggests a number of conclusions that may have parallels in the future: People respond to price incentives; science is important but not sufficient; human capital is important; cooperation is as important as competition; path breaking...
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We compare the cost of generating electricity with coal and wind in Chile. On average, we estimate that the levelized … cost of coal, including externalities, is $84/MWh. It is efficient to abate air pollutants (SOx, NOx and PM2.5) but not CO2 … of coal, the levelized cost may vary between $72 and $99/MWh. …
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