Utility solar dethrones coal as the cheapest power source in Asia
Electrek
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study.
Global coal demand is expected to drop by 2026 – but not in Asia
Electrek
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The International Energy Agency’s latest report forecasts a decline in global coal demand by 2026, marking a potential turning point in global energy consumption. more… The post Global coal demand is expected to drop by 2026 – but not in Asia appeared first on Electrek.
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EIA: US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021
Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2022
In 2021, coal exports from the United States increased by 23% to 85 million metric short tons (MMst) from 69 MMst in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Steam coal exports increased by 47% to 40 MMst, and metallurgical coal exports increased by 8% to 45 MMst. MMst, or 77%, was steam coal).
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Utility solar dethrones coal as the cheapest power source in Asia
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FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Photo: China News Service Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study. This is significant because it marks a shift toward making renewables increasingly competitive with coal, a mainstay in APAC’s energy mix.
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Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The amount of methane released into the atmosphere as a result of coal mining is likely approximately 50% higher than previously estimated, according to research presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The authors point out that less coal production doesn’t translate to less methane.
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IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal
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JULY 15, 2021
Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.
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SAF company DG Fuels closes investments with two Japanese companies
Green Car Congress
JULY 29, 2023
The Louisiana SAF facility will be the template for multiple other such facilities to be built across North America, Europe and Asia. DGF replaces the coal gasification used by others with biomass gasification and natural gas reforming. This simplifies implementation and further reduces new carbon emissions created in the process.
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370 Marubeni in Coal-Fired Power Plant Push for Asia
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
will market energy-efficient coal-fired power plants in Asia, leveraging a bilateral emissions offset mechanism between Japan and other countries that enables Japan to receive carbon reduction credits in return for providing low-carbon technologies and equipment. Japan’s Marubeni Corp. This project is Marubeni’s tenth in Vietnam.
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Rostec and Shenhua to invest up to $10B into coal mine development and infrastructure in Russian Far East; coal and power
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
Russian State Corporation Rostec, one of the largest Russian industrial conglomerates, and Chinese State Corporation Shenhua, the world’s leading producer and distributor of coal, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. High calorific value coal concentrate will be exported to Asia-Pacific countries, mainly to China.
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BNEF: Net-zero transition potentially a $3.5T investment opportunity for Indonesia
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
Today, coal-fired plants meet more than 60% of Indonesia’s power demand. Under the ETS, coal’s share rises to a peak of 74% by 2027 and then declines to 24% in 2050. —Caroline Chua, BNEF’s Southeast Asia clean power lead analyst. —Allen Tom Abraham, BNEF’s Asia-Pacific lead transport analyst.
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EIA: rising Asian demand drives global coal consumption growth; demand almost doubled since 1980
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Global coal demand has almost doubled since 1980, driven by increases in Asia, where demand is up over 400% from 1980-2010, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). World coal consumption by region, 1980-2010. The share of coal consumption has shifted from Europe and the Former Soviet Union to Asia.
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GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China
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MAY 11, 2012
a 50:50 joint venture with Shenhua Group to advance the development and deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. GBI report: Asia-Pacific to be the leading coal-producing region. The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand.
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New analysis finds Asia produces twice as much mercury emissions as previously thought
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 12, 2015
New analysis by an international team led by MIT researchers shows that Asia now releases a surprisingly large amount of anthropogenic mercury. Such models estimate mercury emissions for a region by considering factors such as the amount of coal burned in a power plant and the types of equipment in a plant used to control emissions.
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EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2021
In its International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), EIA projects that strong economic growth, particularly with developing economies in Asia, will drive global increases in energy consumption despite pandemic-related declines and long-term improvements in energy efficiency. —EIA Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley.
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259 EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions in 2012 lowest since 1994; reflects drop in coal use
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APRIL 5, 2013
The largest drop in emissions in 2012 came from coal, which is used almost exclusively for electricity generation. During 2012, particularly in the spring and early summer, low natural gas prices led to competition between natural gas- and coal-fired electric power generators. Lincoln F.
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Feasibility study concludes Arckaringa coal-to-methanol project could be viable addition to CTL
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2013
A Technical Feasibility Study (TFS) for a coal-to-methanol (CTM) plant based on the Arckaringa coal resources in Australia has concluded that CTM could be a viable project capable of augmenting the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for Altona Energy’s Arckaringa Clean Energy CTL (coal-to-liquids) and Power Project in South Australia.
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IEA: global energy demand rose by 2.3% in 2018, fastest pace in the last decade; CO2 emissions up 1.7%
Green Car Congress
MARCH 26, 2019
Still, that was not fast enough to meet higher electricity demand around the world that also drove up coal use. Coal use in power generation alone surpassed 10 Gt, accounting for a third of the total increase. Most of that came from a young fleet of coal power plants in developing Asia. to 33 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018.
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ExxonMobil projects natural gas will overtake coal as second most widely used source of energy by 2025
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2012
By 2025, ExxonMobil predicts natural gas will overtake coal to become the second most widely used source of energy worldwide. The need for natural gas resources is greatest in regions like the Asia-Pacific, where energy demand is projected to grow by more than 50% over the next three decades, ExxonMobil says.
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Sasol and Origin Energy form JV for coal bed methane exploration in Botswana
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 13, 2011
Sasol recently signed a joint venture agreement with Australia-based Origin Energy Limited for the purposes of exploring for coal bed methane (CBM) in Botswana. Australia’s coal bed methane resources (known as Coal Seam Gas or CSG in Australia) will be used to supply LNG to China and the rest of Southeast Asia.
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Study of lead isotopes provides insight into aerosols transport from Asia to US
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2010
About a third of the airborne lead particles collected at two sites in the San Francisco Bay Area came from Asia, a finding that underscores the far-flung impacts of air pollution and heralds a new way to learn more about its journey across vast distances. —John Christensen.
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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2012
Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Coal was again the fastest growing fossil fuel with predictable consequences for carbon emissions; it now accounts for 30.3% globally, and 8.4%
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Pertamina to collaborate with Celanese to develop fuel ethanol projects using Celanese TCX process in Indonesia; use of lower-rank coal
Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2012
TCX builds on Celanese’s acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. Earlier post.). So far, Celanese has been targeting the industrial ethanol market as part of its acetyl business.
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231 Next Fuel signs definitive agreement to field-test in-situ microbial coal-to-gas technology in Indonesia
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2011
a development stage company, has signed a definitive agreement with PT Enviro Energy to field-test Next Fuel’s microbial Coal-to-Gas technology (CTG) to determine the commercial viability of utilizing it to produce natural gas at PT Enviro Energy’s coal deposits in Indonesia. Next Fuel, Inc.,
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Celanese signs MOU with Wison for coal-derived syngas for ethanol production in China; transaction value approx. $815M
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 21, 2011
Wison plans to invest in a coal gasification unit to produce syngas per Celanese specs, and Celanese plans to invest approximately US$650 million in an Ethanol Complex using the output from Wison as feedstock and Celanese proprietary technology to produce ethanol for industrial use, and potentially for fuel ethanol. Earlier post.).
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IEF, IHS Markit: deepening underinvestment in hydrocarbons raises specter of continued price shocks and volatility
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 12, 2021
The energy crisis in Europe and Asia this winter is a preview of what we can expect in the years ahead. Two years in a row of large and abrupt underinvestment in oil and gas development is a recipe for higher prices and volatility later this decade.
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HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Coal combustion alone was responsible for half of those deaths, with natural gas and oil combustion accounting for the other half. The burning of solid biofuels, such as wood for indoor heating and cooking, is another major source of PM 2.5 , accounting for an additional 740,000 deaths, especially across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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472 Study finds that dry-feed gasification for coal-to-liquids is more efficient, lower-emitting and cheaper than slurry-feed; CCS cost-effective for reduction of CO2
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
Comparison of coal consumption and CO 2 emissions for co-production and separate production of liquids and power. Conventional CTL plant gasifies coal to produce a syngas which is then converted in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to products. The conference series rotates between, North America, Europe and Asia. Click to enlarge.
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SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 21, 2022
SK E&S signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SK Plug Hyverse and KOEN regarding cooperation for carbon neutrality and the production of green hydrogen and green ammonia which will be consumed for co-firing at KOEN’s natural gas and coal based thermal power plants, by using electrolyzers to be produced in Korea by SK Plug Hyverse.
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284 Consortium developing green hydrogen megaproject in Oman
Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2021
Given the site’s strategic location between Europe and Asia, as well as excellent solar irradiance and wind resource facing the Arabian Sea, the development is positioned to offer a secure and reliable supply of green fuels globally at a competitive price.
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BNEF: wind and solar boost cost-competitiveness versus fossil fuels
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 6, 2015
The levelized cost of electricity analysis for H2 2015 shows onshore wind to be fully competitive against gas and coal in some parts of the world, while solar is closing the gap. The LCOE for combined-cycle gas turbine generation rose from $76 to $82 in the Americas, from $85 to $93 in Asia-Pacific and from $103 to $118 in EMEA.
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Study finds household and outdoor air pollution contributes to more than 5.5 million premature deaths worldwide per year
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
million deaths, 64% were in Asia, especially China and India. Between 1990 and 2013, global exposure to particulate matter air pollution increased by 20%, driven by increases in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. In China, burning coal is the biggest contributor to poor air quality. Of these 2.9 —Qiao Ma.
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150 BNEF: cost of new renewables rises as inflation starts to bite
Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2022
New-build onshore wind and solar projects are now around 40% lower than BNEF’s global benchmarks for new coal- and gas-fired power. Shipping rates from Asia have fallen from their peak in September 2021 but are still five times higher than in 2019. The latter cost at $74 and $81 per MWh, respectively.
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BASF co-locates battery materials plant and recycling center in Schwarzheide
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2023
The project also highlights the ongoing transformation: Here, where coal was long liquefied into gasoline, the active material for EV batteries will be produced from now on. We are happy to support this transformation with IPCEI funding.
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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016
Green Car Congress
MARCH 18, 2017
This was the result of growing renewable power generation, switches from coal to natural gas, improvements in energy efficiency, as well as structural changes in the global economy. The decline was driven by a surge in shale gas supplies and more attractive renewable power that displaced coal. Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director.
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199 Celanese to commercialize technology that produces industrial-use ethanol from hydrocarbons; coal-to-ethanol in China, methane-to-ethanol in US
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2010
Following necessary approvals, Celanese intends to construct one, and possibly two, industrial ethanol complexes in China to serve the fast-growing Asia region. The China units would utilize coal as the primary raw material. —Dave Weidman, chairman and CEO.
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Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution
Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2020
Major sources of fine particulate matter air pollution include the inefficient use of energy by households, industry, the agriculture and transport sectors, and coal-fired power plants. The World Health Organization has estimated that more than four million deaths annually can be attributed to outdoor air pollution.
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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2010
Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).
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1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA
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MARCH 2, 2024
Their emissions dropped to a 50-year low while coal demand fell back to levels not seen since the early 1900s. It was a combination of strong renewables deployment, coal-to-gas switching, energy efficiency improvements, and softer industrial production that drove the decline in advanced economies’ emissions, reports the IEA.
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AQLI: new data reveals little progress globally in reducing air pollution over the last two decades
Green Car Congress
JULY 29, 2020
With growth in coal consumption in Africa over the next two decades projected to be triple what it was in the past two decades, recognizing particulate pollution as a possible growing problem becomes even more important.
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243 Siemens JET process enables more flexibility in steel production, lower CO2 emissions
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 26, 2014
JET technology is already operating successfully in a steel mill in Asia. Oxygen, lime and coal are blown in through bottom tuyeres and a top lance blows hot jet onto the bath. This results in excellent mixing and optimal use of the blown-in coal. Additionally, coal is blown in from below, where it is used as fuel.
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BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 7, 2020
However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. The pandemic has created disruption in the global energy sector, but low gas prices will ultimately stimulate demand growth as the economy recovers.
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Tesla suppliers halt production as China faces power issues
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The production shutdowns are part of the companies’ efforts to comply with Beijing’s tighter energy consumption policy, which is caused by surging coal and natural gas prices, rising energy demand, and the country’s efforts to cut emissions — to name a few. .
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133 HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air
Green Car Congress
APRIL 18, 2018
coal, wood, and dung) for cooking and heating. billion people—one in three global citizens—were exposed to household air pollution from the use of solid fuels (for example, coal, wood, charcoal, dung, or other biomass) for cooking and heating. was industrial coal; transportation followed as a close second.
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Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty
Green Car Congress
JULY 13, 2019
Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. —Julius McGee.
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