Life Cycle Analysis of Coal Exports from the Powder River Basin

Technical Report · Thu Aug 04 04:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1513819· OSTI ID:1513819

Skone, Timothy J. ^[1]; Cooney, Greg ^[2]; Jamieson, Matthew ^[2]; Marriott, Joe ^[2]; Mutchek, Michele ^[2]; Krynock, Michelle ^[2]

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1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Albany, OR (United States)
2. Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., McLean, VA (United States)

The purpose of this study was to compare environmental implications of exporting United States (U.S.) coal resources to Asian markets with respect to alternative global sources of steam coal. This study seeks to evaluate and understand potential environmental consequences of exporting PRB coal compared to global alternative sources of coal. This study was informed by a 10-person industry based Technical Steering Committee to improve the quality of the analysis. The key question addressed by the study: Is there a definitive difference between the life cycle GHG profiles between sourcing coal from the U.S. (PRB), Australia, or Indonesia for Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan? Given the uncertainty in the model parameter values, there is not a definitive difference between the life cycle GHG profiles between sourcing coal from the U.S. (PRB), Australia, or Indonesia for Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• DOE Contract Number: FE0025912
• OSTI ID: 1513819
• Report Number(s): DOE/NETL--2016/1806
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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