fixed effects estimator and a hedonic price model of coal purchases in order to determine the implicit price of sulfur. Data … on contract coal purchases are divided into regulatory regimes based on when the contract was signed or re-negotiated. We … find that purchases by Phase I plants made under contracts signed or re-negotiated after the passage of the 1990 CAAA show …

Concerns the logistics system of the Taiwan power company, Taipower, and the problem it faces of coal allocation and … fleet deployment of dedicated coal carriers. The coal allocation problem can be viewed as a multi‐index transportation … problem requiring the formulation of a coal allocation model. Owing to the high uncertainty of shipping operations, formulates …

Purpose – Indiana is listed among the top ten coal states in the USA and annually mines about 35 million short tons … (million tons) of coal from the vast reserves of the US Midwest Illinois Coal Basin. The implementation and commercialization … of clean coal technologies is important to the economy of the state and has a significant role in the state's energy plan …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss and assess the consecutive Governments' policy for coal (1989 … critical analysis of the rationale and effectiveness of government efforts to restructure the Polish coal mining industry in … government ineffectiveness as well as aspires to provide policy recommendations with a view to rendering the Polish coal industry …

Purpose – Coal, a fuel that once dominated the global energy scene, is staging a come‐back despite being … environmentally dirty. The purpose of the paper is to analyse the return of King Coal to find out whether it is likely to be regain … its dominance in the global energy in the future. Design/methodology/approach – In analysing the metamorphosis of the coal …

Purpose – The paper seeks to evaluate the changes in efficiency and productivity of coal‐fired electricity generation … provinces. The average total factor productivity growth in coal‐fired electricity generation of all provinces was 3.96 per cent … coal quality data, a key efficiency factor is missing from the analysis. Practical implications – Efficiency improvement …

Purpose – The development of the Pacific seaborne coal trade since 1960 has been central to East Asia's economic …'s largest coal importers, used few of the strategies that one would expect in the light of resource dependency theory, relying … patterns of supply and price in the Pacific coal trade. Findings – It is found that by relying on a strategy that amounted to …

. The challenge for the next few years will be to eke out our fossil fuels, and the most plentiful by far is coal. So how to …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to benchmark the performance of state-owned coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) and … test whether plant-specific knowledge in terms of quality of coal, size, age and make of plant contribute to an improvement … most of the inefficient plants. Regression result suggests that quality of coal and size of plant significantly affect the …

-criteria decision-making (MCDM) analyses, is used for this purpose to prioritize Indian energy sector projects, namely, coal, gas, hydro … projects are preferred over the conventional projects such as coal and gas. Research limitations/implications Here, COPRAS …