Power Generation: Top Five Trends for 2019 and Beyond

Power generation is experiencing a series of trends which will shape the market for decades to come. Coal is seemingly on a terminal decline, to be replaced by natural gas, and renewable energy is making substantial strides to become more commercially relevant.

Advances ensure new power sources are moving closer to becoming part of the mainstream, with problems such as using renewable energy on demand now being solved. Leading companies in power generation must stay ahead of the development curve in these areas failure to do so will mean allowing rivals to gain crucial competitive advantages at a time of great change.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Overview 2

Catalyst 2

Summary 2

Russia and China nuclear exports are thriving - both will continue to do so 6

Chinese nuclear power plants are growing global force in power generation 6

China is developing critical interests in the United Kingdom, demonstrating the desire from Beijing to spread to wealthy economies7

Russia is leading exporter of nuclear power technology, enabling new countries to develop networks 8

Efforts to revitalize coal are unlikely to succeed as natural gas expands 10

Coal is in decline as a means of generating power latest US policies are unlikely to change that trend 10

Natural gas fired power plants overtake coal in developed nations 11

Coal power plants are closing as energy providers move elsewhere, leaving way open for natural gas 12

Liquefied Natural Gas playing increasing role in speeding up transition from coal to gas 12

Next generation renewable energy to shake up power grid 14

Solar furnaces are becoming more powerful, creating a new option in renewable energy 14

Tidal and wave power generation moves closer to commercial viability, potentially transforming energy markets 15

Geothermal energy is edging towards mainstream power generation, helping developing countries 16

Mass scale energy storage is becoming commercial reality 17

Tesla battery in South Australia has proven commercial worth it is likely to be replicated elsewhere 17

Battery technology is gaining serious attention in California, suggesting a long-term trend is just beginning 18

Molten salt energy storage is advancing at speed, offering power generation capabilities batteries cannot match 18

Costs of molten salt energy storage are coming down at speed, making the business case for much wider use 19

Despite decline, coal remains important and is becoming more efficient 21

Ultra-supercritical coal finds significant gains in efficiency, slowing decline in usage 21

Coal is in decline but will continue to be the dominant power source 22

Conclusions 24

Power generation industry is entering a challenging period of significant change 24

Appendix 25

Sources 25

Further Reading 25

Ask the analyst 26

About MarketLine 26

Disclaimer 26

List of Tables

List of Tables

Table 1: Nuclear power plants under construction in China due for completion between 2018 and 2020 6

Table 2: Nuclear power stations outside of China and Russia to be completed between September 2018 and 2021 8

Table 3: CSP plants with molten salt 19

List of Figures

List of Figures

Figure 1: Hinkley Point C construction, United Kingdom 7

Figure 2: US coal consumption 2006-2017 (millions tons oil equivalent) 10

Figure 3: Global power generation (quadrillion British Thermal Units) forecast for coal and natural gas 11

Figure 4: Floating LNG regasification capacity by region 13

Figure 5: Gemasolar power plant, Seville, Spain 14

Figure 6: MeyGen project 15

Figure 7: Tesla South Australia Battery 17

Figure 8: Calpine, Guadalupe Energy Center 18

Figure 9: UK coal production and consumption 1800-2016 (Million tons of oil equivalent) 21

Figure 10: Percentage of US power generation from fossil fuels, 2006-2017 22

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