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Wyoming Coal Company to Supply New Power Plants in Japan
« on: January 23, 2018, 01:30:42 pm »
Wyoming Coal Company to Supply New Power Plants in Japan
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wyoming/articles/2018-01-17/wyoming-coal-company-to-supply-new-power-plants-in-japan
Jan. 17, 2018

A Wyoming coal company is planning to export coal from its mine in Montana to power two coal-fired plants under construction in Japan.

Cloud Peak Energy on Tuesday announced the agreement with Singapore-based JERA Trading to supply the coal over 30 to 40 months beginning at the end 2019.

The coal is expected to be transported by rail from the company's Spring Creek mine near Decker, Montana, to port in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The coal would then be shipped to the plants in the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan....
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Re: Wyoming Coal Company to Supply New Power Plants in Japan
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2018, 01:36:33 pm »
Can't imagine this being announced during an Obama or Clinton presidency. 
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Re: Wyoming Coal Company to Supply New Power Plants in Japan
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2018, 02:00:55 am »
From what I understand, this is some of the best coal to be had in the world.  Too bad coal prices are so low due to the Obama years condemnations of the coal industry.
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Re: Wyoming Coal Company to Supply New Power Plants in Japan
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2018, 12:53:59 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on January 24, 2018, 02:00:55 am
From what I understand, this is some of the best coal to be had in the world.  Too bad coal prices are so low due to the Obama years condemnations of the coal industry.

"Best" depends on what you measure.  For Power plants, it is $/kWH, with all required handling and pollution controls.  In those terms, it tends to win.  But it is not most BTU/ton.

The term “clean” refers to the Powder River Basin coal’s sulfur count. It has about 0.3 percent sulfur when it is taken from the ground, compared with more than 1.2 percent sulfur in most of the coal in the Illinois Basin.

http://trib.com/business/energy/powder-river-basin-coal/article_b37fa836-c0fb-5427-978b-f3eded345796.html

Most Wyoming coal is sub-bituminous, which makes it an attractive choice for power plants because it has less sulfur and burns at around 8,400 to 8,800 BTUs per pound.

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