Annual Report 2010 - Verein der Kohlenimporteure eV

60 Hard Coal-Fired Power Plant Projects in
Germany
Coal-Fired Power Plants Under Construction or Approved
Operator Location Capacity (MW)
EnBW Karlsruhe 912
E.ON Datteln 4 1,055
Evonik Steag / EVN Duisburg-Walsum 725
GDF Suez Wilhelmshaven 800
GKM Mannheim 911
RWE Power Hamm 1,600
Trianel Lünen 750
Vattenfall Hamburg-Moorburg 1,640
Total Gross Capacity
HT-D24
8,392
COAL MARKET
Outlook for World Coal Trade Still Positive
Since 2010, world economic forecasts have been
indicating signs of recovery. The degree and speed of
recovery vary widely across the EU. The economic
crisis was a global crisis, but with very different
consequences throughout the world. Unemployment
and budget deficits increased more rapidly in the USA
than in the EU, but the gap in productivity between
the USA and the EU increased. Some emerging
countries are also facing major economic challenges,
but generally, these countries returned more quickly to
growth.
The Pacific area is once again providing the stimulus for
growth. In aggregate, the non-OECD region is growing
twice as fast as the OECD region. The major collapse of
GDP, according to European Commission data, wiped
out an average of four years of growth. According to the
Commission’s economic forecasts, it can be assumed
that the EU will only reach the level of output seen prior
to the crisis in 2008 during the second quarter of 2012.
Growth in Gross Domestic Product * )
2008 % 2009 % 2010 1) %
World 3.0 - 1.2 4.1
USA 0.4 - 2.4 3.8
Japan - 1.2 - 5.2 1.7
Euro zone 0.6 - 3.9 1.5
Asia (excluding Japan) 6.9 2.0 6.2
China 9.6 8.4 9.0
OECD 0.5 - 3.4 2.7
Non-OECD 3.0 1.5 6.0
* )
1)
HT-P1 Source: European Commission, DG for Economic and
Financial Affairs 1/2011
World trade in the key bulk commodities registered a
clear upswing in 2010, with a growth of 191 million
tonnes. This was essentially thanks to the strong rise in
coking coal and iron ore imports into China and India.