Energy
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Table Posted: August 19,
2008 |
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Next Update: December 2008 |
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Steam Coal
Prices for Electricity Generation 1 |
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( U.S. Dollars per Metric
Ton ) 2 |
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Country |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Argentina |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Australia |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Austria |
C |
53.8 |
45.7 |
52.7 |
64.5 |
143.4 |
149.6 |
155.5 |
171.6 |
Belgium |
30.2 |
32.8 |
37.7 |
34.5 |
35.9 |
72.5 |
80.3 |
63.2 |
75.5 |
Brazil |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Canada |
NA |
17.9 |
18.5 |
19.2 |
21.0 |
20.3 |
24.5 |
NA |
NA |
Chile |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
China |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) |
96.4 |
100.0 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Colombia |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Costa Rica |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Cuba |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Czech Republic 3 |
9.6 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.5 |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Denmark |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Finland |
39.4 |
38.6 |
46.7 |
44.0 |
48.3 |
67.0 |
72.1 |
74.3 |
82.7 |
France |
38.2 |
37.2 |
45.3 |
42.9 |
42.4 |
63.6 |
75.0 |
73.0 |
NA |
Germany |
41.9 |
42.4 |
51.9 |
45.7 |
50.0 |
70.0 |
79.7 |
78.0 |
NA |
Hungary 3 |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
India |
16.2 |
16.5 |
17.1 |
16.6 |
17.7 |
20.6 |
21.2 |
NA |
NA |
Indonesia |
17.9 |
18.3 |
NA |
23.6 |
26.9 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Ireland |
30.9 |
30.3 |
35.4 |
37.5 |
35.5 |
67.2 |
70.1 |
61.3 |
83.4 |
Italy |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Jamaica |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Japan |
44.4 |
40.9 |
42.7 |
39.6 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Kazakhstan |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Korea, South |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
47.6 |
55.1 |
51.6 |
60.3 |
Luxembourg |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Mexico 3 |
28.8 |
31.8 |
33.9 |
33.7 |
32.1 |
37.1 |
41.0 |
42.3 |
45.9 |
New Zealand |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Netherlands |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Norway |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Panama |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Peru |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Poland |
29.1 |
28.2 |
31.4 |
32.2 |
36.2 |
40.0 |
47.5 |
51.4 |
NA |
Portugal |
31.5 |
30.2 |
38.6 |
32.3 |
38.4 |
57.5 |
67.6 |
58.3 |
76.0 |
Romania |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Russia |
NA |
NA |
12.1 |
11.8 |
12.0 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Singapore |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
Slovak Republic
(Slovakia) |
17.9 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
South Africa |
7.0 |
6.5 |
5.8 |
5.0 |
7.6 |
8.5 |
10.3 |
NA |
NA |
Spain |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Sweden |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Switzerland |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
Thailand |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Turkey 3 |
15.4 |
14.4 |
10.3 |
15.2 |
19.0 |
25.9 |
25.2 |
24.8 |
27.7 |
United Kingdom |
47.0 |
44.4 |
46.5 |
44.5 |
45.9 |
59.7 |
65.6 |
70.1 |
NA |
United States |
27.8 |
27.5 |
28.2 |
28.7 |
29.1 |
30.9 |
35.3 |
38.8 |
40.5 |
Venezuela |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
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1 Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using
exchange rates. |
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2 To convert U.S. dollars per
metric ton to U.S. dollars per short ton divide by 1.1023. |
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3 Price is for brown coal. |
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NA=Not
available. |
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C=Confidential. |
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Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, First
Quarter 2008, Part II, Section D, Table 19, and
Part III, |
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Section
B, Table 16, Paris: International Energy Agency, 2008. The Paris-based
International Energy Agency (IEA) |
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maintains
annual and quarterly time series of this price data that begin with the year
1978 and that also include |
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most recent quarterly prices.
Information on purchasing this data online from the IEA is available
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