GLOBAL REACH. LEADlNG TECHNOLOGY. - Zonebourse.com
GLOBAL REACH. LEADlNG TECHNOLOGY. - Zonebourse.com
GLOBAL REACH. LEADlNG TECHNOLOGY. - Zonebourse.com
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The P&H engineering team<br />
designs technology-based solutions<br />
such as the Centurion system—<br />
which includes digital drives and<br />
touch-screen <strong>com</strong>puters—that<br />
deliver increased performance<br />
and lower the customer’s cost<br />
per unit of production.<br />
investment in infrastructure in these markets will<br />
continue until that gap is substantially narrowed.<br />
In addition, coal will continue to play a critical<br />
role in fueling base load generation of electricity<br />
for generations to <strong>com</strong>e. The most optimistic<br />
estimates project renewable sources to reach only<br />
twenty percent of the power supply. The next<br />
nuclear plant is ten or more years away, and it<br />
will be decades before enough capacity is built<br />
to meaningfully increase nuclear’s share of overall<br />
power generation. Coal is even more essential<br />
to achieving both climate change goals along with<br />
continued economic development. The inevitable<br />
dependence on hydrocarbons will drive the<br />
<strong>com</strong>mercialization of carbon capture and storage<br />
technologies that will make coal environmentally sustainable and the most affordable fuel<br />
for electricity generation.<br />
Eighty percent of the worldwide power generating capacity that will be added in the next<br />
two decades will be built in the emerging markets, and the vast majority will be coalfired<br />
simply because coal is the abundant local fuel in these countries. The industrialized<br />
markets will also continue to depend heavily on coal, and we are already seeing this<br />
play out in Europe. Despite the <strong>com</strong>mitment to climate change, new base load power<br />
generation in Europe is turning to coal. As a result, the European Union has made carbon<br />
capture and storage a primary climate change priority. Demand growth, fuel affordability<br />
and surety of supply will invariably take the U.S. down the same path.<br />
In 2008, we delivered very solid financial performance and balanced that by making<br />
strategic investments in our future. In 2009, our balanced efforts will be even more<br />
important as we face volatility and uncertainty in our markets. As a result, we remain<br />
focused on delivering near-term performance and long-term capability to maximize<br />
the value of your <strong>com</strong>pany.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Michael W. Sutherlin<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer