This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has … of steam-coal trade of several deviations from the simple competitive model. In addition to perfect competition, we … examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …

Wind is the fastest growing source for electricity in the United States. During 2001, U.S. wind power plant …, green tags, and government power purchases. Deregulation of the electric power industry is continuing. In some cases this is … allowing higher electricity rates that may increase the rate of wind plant development. Power shortages, natural gas price …

Electricity markets are complex adaptive systems that operate under a wide range of rules that span a variety of time … scales. These rules are imposed both from above by society and below by physics. Many electricity markets are undergoing or … electricity markets have recently undergone this transition with extremely unsatisfactory results, most notably in California …

The Quarterly Coal Report (QCR) provides comprehensive information about U.S. coal production, distribution, exports … coal industry, and the general public. Coke production, consumption, distribution, imports, and exports data are also … historical coal imports data, as specified in Section 202 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Amendments Act of 1985 (Public …

usual in projections for coal. It is important to attempt to take a long term look into the future of coal and energy, so … strategic importance to Asia`s coal sector. This paper presents the medium scenario of long term projects of coal production … important to the long term role of coal. These include: (1) the impact of strict environmental legislation on energy and …

comprehensive overview of changes in the structure of the US coal industry between 1976 and 1991. The structural elements examined … include the number of mines, average mine size, the size distribution of mines, and the size distribution of coal firms. The … report measures changes in the market shares of the largest coal producers at the national level and in various regions. The …

essentially cost the nation little more than projected electricity market costs for coal-fired generation, even before considering …In April 1995, the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED), an umbrella organization of pro-coal interests … U.S. power sector would entail unaffordable costs for the nation`s electricity ratepayers. The National Renewable Energy …

The financing of a geothermal power plant has a unique characteristic which is not present with conventional oil, coal … event the power plant is unable to economically produce electricity due to depletion, scaling or other problems. Such an …

projections in the AEO. The domestic coal, electric power, commercial nuclear power, end-use consumption, and end-use price tables … present AEO forecasts at the 10 Federal Region level. World coal tables provide data and projections on international flows of … steam coal and metallurgical coal, and the oil and gas tables provide the AEO oil and gas supply forecasts by Oil and Gas …

share (Figure S-1). (3) If new plants can raise prices to stay profitable, existing low-cost coal and hydro plants will have … very high profits. Average prices to customers could be 5% to 25% higher than regulated rates (Figure S-1). If the coal and …