Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com,
When earlier this year China announced subsidies for 22.79 GW of new solar power capacity, those following the country’s renewable energy story must have started to worry. The capacity subsidized is half the amount approved in 2017, at 53 GW. And chances are that solar and wind additions will continue to fall. 今年のはじめに、新たな太陽光発電設備22.79GWに補助金を出すと中国政府は発表した、この件を見てみると、同国の再生エネルギー政策に懸念されることが起き始めている。この補助金対象規模は2017年補助の半分でしかない、53GWだったのだ。そして太陽光発電と風力発電への補助金は引き続き下落するだろう。 Subsidies are one reason. In January, Beijing said it
will only approve solar power projects if they are cost-competitive
with coal. Judging by the size of subsidies announced in July, more than
22 GW in projects can boast cost-competitiveness with coal.
Yet there is another reason: curtailment. China-based journalist Michael Standaert wrote in a recent story for
Yale Environment 360 that China’s solar and wind farms continue to
produce electricity that is wasted because there is not enough
transmission capacity.
それでもまだ別の理由がある:削減。中国を拠点とするジャーナリスト Michael Standaertは最近こういう記事を書いた、Yale Environment 360によると、送電能力不足により中国の太陽光発電と風力発電による電力は廃棄(利用不能)されている。
Renewable energy is a top priority for China as it fights one of the
worst air pollution levels in the world while subject to an
uncomfortably high degree of reliance on energy imports, namely oil and
gas. At the same time, it is one of the biggest—if not the
single biggest—driver of global energy demand as its middle class grows
fast and with it, energy demand. Now, it seems, energy demand is taking the upper hand.
China has substantially increased subsidies for shale gas exploration
and methane separation from coal, Standaert writes. He also quotes a
former IEA official as saying, “Though China is the largest clean energy
market in the world, wind and solar only accounted for 5.2 percent and
2.5 percent of China’s national power generation in 2018.”
What’s more, Kevin Tu, now a fellow at the Center on Global Energy
Policy at Columbia University, tells Standaert that “Against the
backdrop of an ongoing U.S.-China trade war and a slowing Chinese
economy, political priority of climate change in China is unlikely to
become very high in the near future, indicating great difficulties for
Beijing to further upgrade its climate ambitions.”
In short, renewables won’t cut it when you need cheap power
to feed growing energy demand. By the way, China is not alone in this
situation. Energy demand is rising on a global scale and this means
emissions are rising, too. 簡単に言うと、高まるエネルギー需要を賄うほどに安価なら再生エネルギーが削減されることはないだろう。ところで、この状況は中国だけではない。世界規模でエネルギー需要は増している、それは大気汚染もまた増えるということだ。
In its latest International Energy Outlook,
the U.S. Energy Information Administration poured cold water on the
hopes of many climate change fighters by estimating global energy demand
will increase by as much as 50 percent between 2018 and 2050. That’s
under the EIA’s reference case scenario, that is, the middle ground
between the scenario of high economic growth, under which energy demand
growth will be even greater and the scenario of low economic growth,
which could give the planet a breather.
最新の世界エネルギー見通しによると、米国 Energy Information Admnistrationは多くの気候変動活動家に冷水を浴びせるものだ、2018年から2050年でエネルギー需要は50%程度増えると見ている。EIAの標準ケースでは、高経済成長のもとで、エネルギー需要はさらに増えるだろう、そして低成長シナリオではひと息つける状態という見立てだ。
Unsurprisingly, Asia will be the biggest driver of this growing
demand and China specifically as its economy continues to expand at
rates higher than the mature economies of the OECD. As it expands,
Beijing—as other governments around the world—would need to juggle
between satisfying this growing energy demand and cutting emissions.
It seems like an impossible task. To do it, China
would need to solve the curtailment problem and make solar and wind even
cheaper, and not just for households but for the industrial sector: it
is this sector that will account for most of energy demand growth to
2050. これには解決策がないように見える。実行に際しては中国政府はエネルギ消費削減と太陽光発電風力発電の低価格を進めねばならない、それは家計だけでなく、産業部門にもだ:2050年に向けて産業部門のエネルギー需要が最も大きい。
Class 8 Heavy Truck Orders Crash 68% in January by Tyler Durden Wed, 02/06/2019 - 17:25 Among the latest dismal news about the strength of the US economy, on Tuesday ACT Research released preliminary truck orders for January 2019 which showed that Class 8 truck orders collapsed an astounding 68% for January. The decline is being attributed to a 300,000+ vehicle backlog potentially prompting fleets to halt purchases in the near term. 米国経済に関し最近憂鬱なニュースが多い中で、火曜にACT researchが2019年1月のトラック発注を開示した、1月にClass 8のトラック発注がなんと68%も急落した。この発注減は短期的に300,000台超の潜在在庫を生み出す。 Specifically, in January Class 8 net orders were 15,800 units (14,700 SA; 176,400 SAAR), down 68% YoY and down 26% MoM. Class 5- 7 January net orders were 23,400...
Amazonで買物をしてContrarianJを応援しよう "On The Precipice" by Tyler Durden Mon, 06/24/2019 - 14:30 Authored by Kevin Ludolph via Crescat Capital, Dear Investors: The US stock market is retesting its all-time highs at record valuations yet again. We strongly believe it is poised to fail. The problem for bullish late-cycle momentum investors trying to play a breakout to new highs here is the oncoming freight train of deteriorating macro-economic conditions. 米国株式は記録的バリエーションのもとで再度過去最高を試している。私どもはこれが失敗すると強く信じている。景気拡大終盤で強気のモメンタム投資家が新高値を試そうとしていることの問題は、マクロ経済条件の悪化にある。 US corporate profit growth, year-over-year, for the S&P 500 already fully evaporated in the first quarter of 2019 and is heading toward outright decline for the full year based on earnings estimate revision trends. Note the alligator jaws divergence in the chart be...
中国が債務増加していることはたしかです。ただ日本の例を日銀資金循環報告でみると家計、320兆円、民間非金融機関1,785兆円、一般政府 1,284兆円となります。合算すると3,300兆円にもなり、GDPの600%を超えています。 https://www.boj.or.jp/statistics/sj/sjexp.pdf この記事の統計と同じ考え方で数値を採用しているのかどうか気になります。 加えて、この資金循環報告に書かれている海外資産というのが内数なのか外数なのか?私にはよくわかりません。当然海外債務も結構な額になります。一度日銀資金循環 図表1を見てください。詳しい方に教えていただければ。 この中国のたどる道は昔のソ連とかMMTと同様で、自国通貨ならいくら発行しても倒産はしない、というか為政者が痛みに耐えることができず緩和を続けるというものです。でも最終的には限界点に達します。ソ連は建国から崩壊まで70年かかりました。 自由主義経済なら立ち行かなくなった企業は退場してもらうというのが減速なのですが、これがうまくゆかないわけです。 でも日本は中国のはるか先を言っているように見えます。ちょっと検索したのですが、日本の債務に関しては政府債務に言及したものばかりで、この記事のように民間、個人まで総合的に記載しているのは日銀の資金循環統計しか見つけることができませんでした。 China Continues To Pile Debt On Top Of More Debt Written by Jesse Colombo | Feb, 27, 2019 Like many countries, China attempted to rein in its debt growth over the past couple years, but ultimately gave up and is now back to piling on even more debt. Bloomberg reports – 多くの国と同様に、中国もここ2年ほど債務増加を抑えようとしてきた、しかし結局の所諦めてしまい、今や更に債務を積み上げている。ブルームバーグ記事ーー For almost two years,...
Powell Keeps The Bond Bull Kicking Written by Lance Roberts | Mar, 21, 2019 In a widely expected outcome, the Federal Reserve announced no change to the Fed funds rate but did leave open the possibility of a rate hike next year. Also, they committed to stopping “Quantitative Tightening (or Q.T.)” by the end of September. 多くの人が予想したとおり、FEDはFFR変更をしないだけでなく来年も不明とした。さらには、QTを9月末に終えると約束した。 The key language from yesterday’s announcement was: 昨日の発表の重要な部分はこういう具合だ: “ Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January indicates that the labor market remains strong but that growth of economic activity has slowed from its solid rate in the fourth quarter . Payroll employment was little changed in February, but job gains have been solid, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. 「1月のFOMC以来の情報を分析すると、労働市場は強いがQ4に比べると経済成長は鈍化している。2月の雇用環境にほとんど変化がなかった、ここ数ヶ月確実に雇用は増えている、そして失業率は低いままだ。 Recent indicators point to s...