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    August 24, 2020

    Japan is closing its old, dirty power plants – and that’s bad news for Australia’s coal exports

    Coal, Commodities Australia, Japan, Thermal Coal Exports

    By Llewelyn Hughes | The Conversation

    Last month, the Japanese government announced a plan to retire its fleet of old, inefficient coal-fired generation by 2030. And what happens to coal power in Japan matters a lot to Australia.

    Australia shipped more than A$9 billion dollars’ worth of thermal coal to Japan in 2019 – about 12% of our total thermal coal exports.

    In the short term, several new coal plants are being built in Japan to replace scrapped capacity. But there are signs investors are not flocking to invest in expensive new Japanese coal technology.

    And in the long run, the investment environment for new coal technology is worsening. If Japan’s commitment to coal weakens, that will mean less demand for Australia’s exports…Full Story

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