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Study Group: Thermal Coal Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 86

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Thomas Shewski

Owner
High Energy Services
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Thomas Shewski is the Owner of High Energy Services, a firm providing fuel, transportation, emissions, and power plant services to existing and proposed generating plants. Mr. Shewski is currently involved in buying fuel, transportation, and emissions allowances for several generating units acrossthe...

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E. Bennie Daigle, Jr., Consultant, E. B. Daigle ConsultingE. Bennie Daigle, Jr.

Consultant
E. B. Daigle Consulting
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Bennie Daigle is a consultant at E. B. Daigle Consulting, a firm providing consulting services in the utilities and power industry. Mr. Daigle has more than 40 years of experience in the utilities and power generation industry. While at Entergy, he held various management positions and at his retirement...

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Frank Sabatino

Independent Consultant
Frank Sabatino
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Frank Sabatino is an independent consultant providing consulting services in the utilities and power generation industry. Prior, Mr. Sabatino was Senior Vice President of Power Marketing at Northeast Utilities. He has more than 34 years of experience working in several NU subsidiaries in both the regulated...

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Xiu'an Fang

President
Coalworld.net
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Fang Xiu'an (David Fang as shown in leading international media) is the President and Founder of Coalworld.net, co-sponsored by the China Coal Transport and Distribution Association (CCTD), China's official coal market watchdog. Mr. Fang has systematically kept track of the Chinese coal industry and...

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John Bechtold, Coal & Energy Consultant, John BechtoldJohn Bechtold

Coal & Energy Consultant
John Bechtold
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John Bechtold is an independent Coal and Energy Consultant providing services to a wide variety of clients including Hill & Associates, a premier coal consultancy firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. He specializes in handling issues facing coal suppliers and consumers throughout the region. Formerly,...

Markus Bates, President, Bankers Energy, LLCMarkus Bates

President
Bankers Energy, LLC
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Markus Bates is the President of Bankers Energy; a firm engaged in trading raw materials and assisting clients in transactions. Until October 2008, he was the Executive Vice President at Geo Trade International, a firm providing coal trading services. Mr. Bates has been responsible for managing international...

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Himadri Banerji, Chairman and Managing Director, Bas Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd.Himadri Banerji

Chairman and Managing Director
Bas Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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Himadri Banerji is the Chairman and Managing Director at BAS Management Solutions, a firm engaged in project management and consulting services in the energy, power and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Banerji, because of his very wide and diverse experience in the power sector, is regularly consulted by...

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Hemant Patel, Principal, HP Energy Consultants, LLCHemant Patel

Principal
HP Energy Consultants, LLC
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Hemant Patel is an independent energy consultant and the Principal of HP Energy Consultants. A firm providing consulting services in the power generation and oil & gas industries. Mr. Patel has 25 years of experience in managing electric power generating projects and oil and gas (E&P) producing assets...

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Biofuels from nonfood chain feedstock sources are viable alternative fuels

November 4, 2009

Sam Timpano, President, Sam Timpano & Associates

Biofuels do harm, aren't they? | pellets-wood.com

The biofuels and alternative energy project models that were originally based on feedstock materials from the food chain commodities have been shown to a failure, something many already knew.Not only did they add to the upward pressures on food chain commodities, especially corn and soyoil, they brought...

ALGERIA WILL NEED ALL THE NATURAL GAS IT CAN GET

October 8, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Total to Develop the Timimoun Gas Project in Algeria | www.youroilandgasnews.com

Algeria is building two new pipelines to Europe under the Mediterranean Sea, therefore, new natural gas supplies are required.

China Strategy Or Good Time to Hedge For The Inevitable Gas Price Rise In 2010

September 21, 2009

Himadri Banerji, Chairman and Managing Director, Bas Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

What's Driving Natural Gas? | seekingalpha.com

Because of the industry downturn, relatively mild winter, and reduced cooling demand in the summer, demand for natural gas has been seriously curtailed. But supply and production levels cannot easily adjust to lowered demand.Thus natural gas futures price hit a 7 year low, dipping below $3 to $2.68...

Nuclear Future:The World Rediscovers Small is Beautiful

September 20, 2009

Himadri Banerji, Chairman and Managing Director, Bas Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Small Nuclear Power:Self-contained power plants could supply growing energy demand in poor countries. | www.technologyreview.com

There is revival of interest in small and simpler units for generating electricity from nuclear power, and for process heat.  The interest is driven both by a desire to reduce capital costs and to provide power away from large grid systems.  The technologies involved are very diverse.Thesize...

India Awakens On a Renewable Energy Journey

September 18, 2009

Himadri Banerji, Chairman and Managing Director, Bas Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

CERC notifies tariff regulations for green power | pib.nic.in

As reported by the Press Information Bureau( PIB) India, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, CERC India has recently notified the tariff regulations for electricity generated from renewable energy sources, with the target of increasing the proportion of renewable energy power in the generation...

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