At the moment, though, with gas prices comparatively low and coal prices creeping up, any such switching is going to be done anyway, according to Sabine Schels of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
来自美林证券的塞宾舍尔斯说，现在天然气价格相对较低，煤炭价格逐步上扬，这种转型肯定是会进行的。
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The thermal coal market will swing into a deficit this year, with demand globally to outpace supply by 15 million metric tons, according to Deutsche Bank said in a June 30 report.
A February 2008 paper from UBS, a Swiss bank, caused alarm by predicting that 43% of Europe’s coal-fired power generation will switch to gas because of EU emissions targets.