Table 13. Coal Market Projections in the NOx 2008 and SO2 2008 Cases, 2010 and 2020
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Projection |
1999 |
2010 |
2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Reference Case |
NOx 2008 Case |
SO2 2008 Case |
Reference Case |
NOx 2008 Case |
SO2 2008 Case |
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Electricity Sector Coal Consumption (Million Tons) |
923 |
1,145 |
1,129 |
1,117 |
1,196 |
1,181 |
1,185 |
|
Total Coal Production |
1,110 |
1,295 |
1,279 |
1,265 |
1,340 |
1,325 |
1,329 |
|
Minemouth Coal Price |
16.98 |
14.08 |
14.18 |
14.81 |
12.87 |
13.02 |
13.00 |
|
Delivered Coal Price to Generators (1999 Dollars per Million Btu) |
1.22 |
1.06 |
1.07 |
1.04 |
0.98 |
0.98 |
0.96 |
|
Scrubber Retrofits |
0 |
7 |
6 |
125 |
15 |
19 |
139 |
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aAn additional 2.7 gigawatts of retrofits are planned during 2000-2002. Source: National Energy Modeling System, runs M2BASE.D060801A, M2NOX08.D060801A, and M2SO208P.D061201A. |
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