Sentences with phrase «coal demand dropped»

Coal demand dropped in China, the United States and the European Union in 2016, but increased in India and across many parts of Southeast Asia, and shows no signs of slowing down.

Global coal demand dropped for a second year in a row in 2016, approaching the previous record for two - year declines set in the early 1990s.

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Times were best when mining wide veins of high - sulfur, bituminous coal close to the surface was cheap and demand was high, and worst once miners had to dig deeper and demand dropped.

He noted that U.S. coal companies are already positioning themselves to boost exports, especially to energy - consumptive countries like China, as domestic demand for coal continues to drop off.

Within the OECD, coal use will drop by 0.7 percent a year, led by a 2.5 percent drop in U.S. demand per year to 600 million metric tons in 2017, the IEA said.

U.S. carbon emissions dropped 1.7 percent due to a rise in natural gas over coal energy, a decline in oil use, and a warm winter, which reduced heating demands.

In recent years, the drop in natural gas prices, coupled with highly efficient natural gas - fired combined - cycle technology, made natural gas an attractive choice to serve baseload demand previously met by coal - fired generation.

As a result, US coal production is forecast to be around 510 Mtce in 2022, equivalent to current levels, while demand declines to 470 Mtce, a drop of 1 % per year on average over the period.

While coal - to - gas switching played a major role in reducing emissions in previous years, last year the drop was the result of higher renewables - based electricity generation and a decline in electricity demand.

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The main reason was that growth in renewables and nuclear power could not keep up with increased electricity demand, even though some sources have cited a drought - induced drop in hydropower output as a factor in the rebounding coal consumption.

But if it is either the start of a more lasting demand - driven trend, or if stimulus continues, it could put a brake on further drops in coal consumption over the coming years.

Against an overall increase in Chinese energy use of 2.2 per cent, coal was the only major energy source to see falling demand during 2014, with a 2.9 per cent drop.

In recent years, global demand for coal has dropped too, as China — the world's largest producer and consumer of the energy source — suffers from oversupply.

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As the cost of generating solar and wind power continues to drop, and as demand for coal and natural gas dries up in countries committed to reducing carbon emissions, market forces will reward states and countries that invested early in renewable energy, while punishing those that placed their eggs squarely in the carbon basket.

The most recent changes included removing a fixed resource adequacy plan (FRAP) that would have provided capacity payments for coal plants in the southern part of the state, as well as dropping a provision that would have ended retail rate net metering and one that would have mandated residential demand charges.

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Coal demand is down 4.2 % over the last two years, nearly matching the two - year decline in the early 1990s, which remains the biggest recorded drop since the IEA started compiling statistics more than 40 years ago.