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Friday, 09 March 18
THE WORLD CANNOT KEEP IGNORING THE ASIAN COAL STORY - BENJAMIN SPORTON
 There were significant changes in the global energy system in 2017, including the growth in electric vehicles, the rise of renewables and the continued emergence of gas as a ‘transition’ fuel. As recent International Energy Agency (IEA) numbers have shown a decrease in global coal demand for the second year in a row, we have increasingly heard that coal is in permanent decline and doesn’t have a future.
The story is clearly much more complex than this.
Reduced demand is forecast for Europe, largely due to policy measures supporting renewables. The same is true for the United States, though in this instance it’s largely due to competition from natural gas. But this doesn’t tell the whole story. Across Asia, there is a very different energy picture emerging.
Asian economies, from India, to Pakistan, to Bangladesh and across Southeast Asia, are forecast to see significant growth in their economies over coming decades and a huge growth in energy demand. While their energy needs will be met by a range of energy sources, coal will play a critical role. According to the IEA, coal’s share in power generation across Southeast Asia is expected to grow from 35% today to 40% by 2040.
Coal has been a critical enabler of development in the modern world. While its role globally is going to change over coming decades, it will still be an essential energy source, particularly to the rapidly industrialising and urbanising economies of Southeast Asia.
China has been central to global coal growth for the past two decades. While coal demand is expected to fall slightly, the headlines hide a more complicated picture. Chinese demand for coal has fallen slightly, even as power generation from coal has grown. Reduced consumption in small and industrial boilers explains some of this decline. However, more interestingly, some of the reduction in demand for coal has been driven by much higher plant efficiencies in China’s coal power fleet. China is pushing for a national switch to high efficiency low emissions (HELE) coal plants in a drive to create the world’s cleanest coal-fuelled power system. Taking it a step further, this fleet will be well-placed to be retrofitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) as this critical climate technology is scaled up. China has a clear plan to scale up its efforts on CCS, making it a critical element of their Paris Agreement pledges.
CCS technology has seen significant progress over the past year, not only in China. A year ago, the world’s largest coal-fuelled CCS facility came online at the Petra Nova plant in Texas and it’s already captured more than a million tonnes of CO2. There is also the landmark Boundary Dam CCS coal plant in Canada, which has now been operating for more than three years. In India, a breakthrough company Carbon Clean Solutions is capturing and using CO2 at significantly lower cost than has been experienced in other projects.
All these developments are important. Both the IEA and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agree that without CCS technology, we will not achieve our climate objectives. References to CCS are found in many national pledges under the Paris Agreement, indicating a wider support globally, but more work needs to be done to progress its deployment. Political and financial support for CCS, alongside policy parity with other low emission technologies, will help to encourage widespread deployment.
We believe that coal is not the problem, emissions are. Given the growing role of coal across Southeast Asia, it’s essential that support is provided to ensure that coal is used with the lowest emissions profile.
To support this, we, at the World Coal Association launched last year new partnerships with international bodies such as the ASEAN Centre for Energy, which resulted in co-publishing a report, ASEAN's Energy Equation.
We all have the same objective – a sustainable future for our planet, a safe climate and economic growth. To deliver this, we need an energy system that delivers affordable, reliable and clean energy.
It’s possible to meet these objectives but we need to recognise that even as energy systems change, there is still forecast to be a significant role for coal.
If we ignore the role of coal then we risk forgetting the essential work we need to do on low emission technologies that will ensure a sustainable energy future.
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Friday, 18 May 18
AFTER COAL, INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES DMO ON GAS FOR ELECTRICITY
After introducing its domestic market obligation (DMO) policy for coal on March 12, the government is going forward with its plan to introduce a DM ...
Friday, 18 May 18
INDONESIA'S SAMARINDA ANCHORAGE COAL LOADING ACTIVITIES WERE RESUMED YESTERDAY AT 4PM LOCAL TIME
Samarinda Anchorage coal loading activities were resumed yesterday at 4PM local time.
Local fishermen in Samarinda Anchorage have been demonst ...
Wednesday, 16 May 18
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - GEORGE ILIOPOULOS
Half-way through the second quarter of the year and as the Posidonia week approaches everyone is getting ready for this unique gathering that besid ...
Thursday, 10 May 18
PRIVATE POWER PRODUCERS NEED A 'POWERFUL PUSH' - PRADEEP MITTAL
- PLF of the Private Sector in the country (Coal and Lignite based) for FY 2017-18 (till Dec 2017) is 56%.
- 51 GW of stressed assets (Thermal &a ...
Tuesday, 08 May 18
BUMA SIGNED OVER US$1 BILLION WORTH OF NEW CONTRACT WITH PT INDONESIA PRATAMA
PT Delta Dunia Makmur Tbk. announced that its subsidiary, PT Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama, has entered into mining services contracts with PT Indones ...
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- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Minerals Council of Australia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Australian Coal Association
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- The University of Queensland
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Planning Commission, India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
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