greenhouse gas emissions are increasing, although climate policy should lead to the opposite effect. The coal market is of … special relevance as coal is available in many countries and often their first choice to meet energy demand. In this paper we … assess possible interactions between climate policies and the global steam coal market. Possible market adjustments between …

with consideration of subsidies elimination as a strategic coal industry priority, governmental grants volumes for this … economic activity are growing from year to year. While in 2003 Government cost covering support for coal industry equaled to 0 … although coal subsidies elimination process can be considered as a highly complicated and painful, due to resulting social …

Given the in situ gasification technology (Underground Coal Gasification-UCG), as an alternative to coal consumption in … considerable volume of reserves and the prospect of the future role of coal in world energy production …

options that each are capable of contributing significantly to the abatement of global CO2 emissions: nuclear energy and coal … extensive the improvements of coal-based power equipped with CCS technology would need to be if our model is to significantly … scale down the construction of new nuclear power plants. -- Economic Competition ; Electricity Sector ; Nuclear Power ; Coal …

procurement practices by coal- and natural gas-fired electricity generating plants in the United States following state … detailed dataset that links confidential, shipment-level data on the price of virtually all of the fuel delivered to coal- and … price of coal drops by 12% at deregulated plants relative to matched plants that were not subject to any regulatory change …

This paper evaluates changes in fuel procurement practices by coal- and gas-fired power plants in the United States … plants substantially reduce the price paid for coal (but not gas), and tend to employ less capital-intensive sulfur abatement … more productive coal mines. I show how these results lend support to theories of asymmetric information, capital bias, and …