Author: Gregory C. Krohm
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Effects on Regional Coal Markets of the "best Available Control Technology" Policy for Sulfur Emissions
Author: Gregory C. Krohm
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Publisher:
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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National Coal Utilization Assessment
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Category :
Languages : en
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This report analyzes the effects on regional coal markets of a policy requiring the ''Best Available Control Technology'' (BACT) for sulfur emissions. Four likely BACT implementation strategies are defined and tested in a detailed model of U.S. coal markets. The study estimates the effects of BACT on regional coal production, interregional shipments, and coal utilization costs. Initially, any BACT policy will have small effects on coal markets but will substantially alter market patterns between 1985 and 1990. With or without BACT, production levels in the Northern Great Plains will remain at boom levels through about 1985. Differences in regional production shares among alternative BACT scenarios are minor in 1990 and almost negligible in 1985. Alternative BACT policies do not sifnificantly change the cost of burning high sulfur coal. Once the use of scrubbers is required, variations in the sulfur removal efficiency between 75% and 90% have minimal effects on the total cost of using coal. This helps to explain why the differences in market impacts among the four scenarios are generally insignificant. BACT policies will have two effects on coal combustion costs. In those areas where Western low sulfur coal is now used to meet NSPS, the costs of coal utilization (fuel plus control costs) will increase by 20 to 25%. In those areas where Eastern high sulfur coal is being used to meet NSPS, costs will increase by only 8 to 10%. In both cases, the increased costs will make coal-generated electrical power more expensive relative to nuclear power. This should widen the apparent cost advantage of nuclear plants in many areas. For those utility applications where coal is still a competitive fuel, the costs of power will increase by at least 2 mills/kWh.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This report analyzes the effects on regional coal markets of a policy requiring the ''Best Available Control Technology'' (BACT) for sulfur emissions. Four likely BACT implementation strategies are defined and tested in a detailed model of U.S. coal markets. The study estimates the effects of BACT on regional coal production, interregional shipments, and coal utilization costs. Initially, any BACT policy will have small effects on coal markets but will substantially alter market patterns between 1985 and 1990. With or without BACT, production levels in the Northern Great Plains will remain at boom levels through about 1985. Differences in regional production shares among alternative BACT scenarios are minor in 1990 and almost negligible in 1985. Alternative BACT policies do not sifnificantly change the cost of burning high sulfur coal. Once the use of scrubbers is required, variations in the sulfur removal efficiency between 75% and 90% have minimal effects on the total cost of using coal. This helps to explain why the differences in market impacts among the four scenarios are generally insignificant. BACT policies will have two effects on coal combustion costs. In those areas where Western low sulfur coal is now used to meet NSPS, the costs of coal utilization (fuel plus control costs) will increase by 20 to 25%. In those areas where Eastern high sulfur coal is being used to meet NSPS, costs will increase by only 8 to 10%. In both cases, the increased costs will make coal-generated electrical power more expensive relative to nuclear power. This should widen the apparent cost advantage of nuclear plants in many areas. For those utility applications where coal is still a competitive fuel, the costs of power will increase by at least 2 mills/kWh.
Sulfur Emissions Policies, Oil Prices and the Appalachian Coal Industry
Author: Robin Landis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135139424X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This volume, originally published in 1984, analyzes the impact of the 1973-74 oil price increases on the Appalachian coal industry in the USA, which would otherwise have suffered large output reductions as a result of sulfur emission restrictions. Although focussed on a particular geographical region and timeframe, this book has enduring relevance as it analyzes and discusses many of the issues which are still facing the ailing coal mining industries both in the USA and globally: the advent of new energy forms, increased competition from cheaper sources, strict pollution legislation and the impact that all of these issues have on productivity and employment.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135139424X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This volume, originally published in 1984, analyzes the impact of the 1973-74 oil price increases on the Appalachian coal industry in the USA, which would otherwise have suffered large output reductions as a result of sulfur emission restrictions. Although focussed on a particular geographical region and timeframe, this book has enduring relevance as it analyzes and discusses many of the issues which are still facing the ailing coal mining industries both in the USA and globally: the advent of new energy forms, increased competition from cheaper sources, strict pollution legislation and the impact that all of these issues have on productivity and employment.
Energy Research Abstracts
Energy from the West
Author: University of Oklahoma. Science and Public Policy Program
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Publications 1968 to 1985
Author: Argonne National Laboratory. Energy and Environmental Systems Division
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Category : Pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Category : Pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Oversight
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Fossil and Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
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