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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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Monday, 25 October 21
CHINA VOWS TO SEVERELY PUNISH MARKET VIOLATIONS AMID LOW COAL FUTURES PRICES - GLOBAL TIMES
Domestic coal futures had plunged for three consecutive trading days after the government vowed to crack down on soaring prices, and China’s ...
Monday, 25 October 21
FARMERS MAY JOIN THE COAL COMMODITY MARKET TO REDUCE RISKS - GLOBAL TIMES
A recent trip to by the Global Times to East China’s Shandong Province to get a glimpse of China’s coal supply chain revealed a surpris ...
Monday, 25 October 21
CHINA COAL PRICES MARK WORST WEEK SINCE MAY ON GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION - REUTERS
China’s thermal coal futures plunged on Friday and turned in their worst week in five months, following Beijing’s strongest interventio ...
Friday, 22 October 21
THE BIG PICTURE: ENERGY MARKETS - BREAK WAVE ADVISORS
The shipping markets have been pulled further into wild markets of coal and other energy sources. Given how nebulous this sector is, it’s alw ...
Friday, 22 October 21
CHINA WANTS TO COOL COAL PRICES. SIMILAR MOVES FOR METALS, CRUDE FAILED - REUTERS
China’s latest attempt to lower runaway commodity prices, this time for thermal coal, is likely to follow a familiar pattern of initial succe ...
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- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Planning Commission, India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
- The University of Queensland
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Australian Coal Association
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- PTC India Limited - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
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