World
7.4%
Japan's power generation recovered in 2017 after 3 years of decline.
China, India and Japan accounted for 3/4 of the global electricity production rise in 2017
Most of the increase in global power generation in 2017 occurred in Asia, with China contributing to half of the growth due to a high demand combined with the fast development of generating capacities, followed by India and Japan.
Power generation contracted in the United States against lower electricity demand, but increased in Canada, and in the European Union to a lesser extent. It stagnated in Russia but surged in Turkey and in the Middle-East, due to soaring generation in Iran.
Global Energy Trends, 2018 edition
Based on its 2017 data for G20 countries, Enerdata analyses the trends in the world energy markets.
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Dec
Cheniere Energy starts exports at Corpus Christi LNG first terminal (US)
According to US-based project company Cheniere Energy, the first commissioning cargo of LNG has loaded and departed from its US$15bn Corpus Christi liquefaction and export terminal project in Texas (United States). This marks the first export of LNG from the state and as well from a greenfield export project in the Lower 48 states.
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Dec
Novatek's Yamal LNG export project ramps up to full capacity (Russia)
According to the Russian independent gas producer Novatek, its joint venture (JV) Yamal LNG has reached full capacity at the plant’s three LNG liquefaction trains. The three 5.5 Mt/year liquefaction trains of the Yamal LNG project are now operational with a total combined nameplate capacity of 16.5 Mt/year.
11
Dec
EU requires TenneT to boost power trading capacity between Denmark and Germany
The European Commission has adopted a decision imposing transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to increase the electricity trading capacity between Western Denmark and Germany and to ensure a specific guaranteed capacity available at all times. This announcement ends the formal investigation opened in March 2018 to check whether TenneT infringed EU antitrust rules by systematically limiting southward capacity at the power interconnection between the two countries.
10
Dec
Polish coal producer JSW seeks to grow its output through acquisitions
Polish coking coal producer JSW (Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa) has unveiled plans to increase its output by 2.5 Mt/year to 3 Mt/year through acquisitions. Its 2030 production target has been set at 18 Mt/year, much above the current 14.8 Mt/year (including all types of coal). However, the share of thermal coal in its production will dwindle from the current 25% to 10%. The group will focus on coking coal, betting on the rising needs of the European steel industry.
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