Coal, a relatively low-cost fuel that produces significant amounts of pollutants, supplies 18.7% of the Korean economy's energy needs. The total amount of coal consumed in 1995 was 43.6 million tons, and the demand is forecast to increase 3.5% annually by 2010. Of the 43.6 million tons, only 5.5 million tons are do…
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region currently comprises eighteen economies which together account for some 40 per cent of the world's population and about 45 per cent of world trade. The economies are highly disparate in terms of degree of development and expected rates of economic growth. Taken as a whole, the economies of t…
This paper mark the commencement of a program to provide a comprehensive abalysis and projections of demand, supply, trade and, in particular, investment requirements for steaming coal un the APEC region over the periode to 2010. The approach being taken is to use MEGABARE, a dynamic general equilibrium model which, as well as covering the whole wor…
In the 1960s 'and early 1970s the growth in world seaborne coal trade mainly reflected the increasing • demand for steel. Following the oil shocks of the 970s, the further strong growth in world coal trade been driven primarily by the rapid growth in cctricity generating capacity. Consequently, wh…
These proceedings are a compilation of papers presented at the inaugural APEC Coal Trade and Investment Liberalisation and Facilitation Workshop held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 5 and 6 August 1997. The Workshop Series is being organised by the Australian Department of Primary Industry and Energy (OPIE) and the Japanese Commi…
In order to strengthen cooperation among the APEC member economies in the field of energy, it was agreed to construct The APEC Energy Data Base on the Energy Demand and Supply Theme of Projects for Regional Energy Cooperation and the Energy Data and Modelling Center, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan was declared for the Coordinating Ag…
Emissions regulatory frameworks vary from economy to economy, depending largely on geographic location, climate, population density, and degree of.industrialisation. Emissions regulations may be set at the national, state or local levels, and may therefore vary at vJiious sites in an economy. Whereas the emphasis in this st…