Table 15. Coal Market Projections in Two RPS Cases, 2010 and 2020
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Projection |
1999 |
2010 |
2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Reference Case |
RPS 10% Case |
RPS 20% Case |
Reference Case |
RPS 10% Case |
RPS 20% Case |
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|
Electricity Sector Coal Consumption |
923 |
1,145 |
1,122 |
1,074 |
1,196 |
1,131 |
1,043 |
|
Total Coal Production |
1,110 |
1,295 |
1,273 |
1,225 |
1,340 |
1,275 |
1,188 |
|
Minemouth Coal Price |
16.98 |
14.08 |
14.05 |
14.19 |
12.87 |
12.99 |
13.28 |
|
Delivered Coal Price to Generators |
1.22 |
1.06 |
1.06 |
1.07 |
0.98 |
0.98 |
0.97 |
|
Electricity Generation with Biomass Co-firing |
0.9 |
10 |
49 |
40 |
6 |
92 |
79 |
|
Scrubber Retrofits |
0 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
15 |
10 |
10 |
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aAn additional 2.7 gigawatts of retrofits are planned during 2000-2002. Source: National Energy Modeling System, runs M2BASE.D060801A, M2RPS20H_X.D070601A, and M2RPS20_X.D070601A. |
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