Sentences with phrase «global coal consumption»

In this four year period, Chinese coal consumption accounts for 77 % of the 26 % rise in global coal consumption (8).

At the same time, it's global coal consumption exceeded 10 % for the first time ever.

Global coal consumption dropped − 1.7 % in 2016 and by − 0.7 % averaged over the past five years, but is projected to increase in 2017.

Although the growth rate of coal slows from the breakneck pace of the last decade, global coal consumption by 2017 stands at 4.32 billion tonnes of oil equivalent (btoe), versus around 4.40 btoe for oil, based on IEA medium - term projections.

Global coal consumption fell 1.9 % to 5,357 million tonnes of coal equivalent (Mtce) last year, the second year of decline, because of lower gas prices, a surge in renewables and improvements in energy efficiency, according to Coal 2017.

«Reducing global coal consumption should be a vital and urgent priority for all countries and states,» Claire Perry, the U.K.'s minister for climate change and industry, said in a statement.

Global coal consumption grew by just 0.4 % (15 million tonnes oil equivalent or Mtoe)-- its slowest rate since the Asian crisis in 1998 — while production fell by 0.7 % or 28 Mtoe.

But that single - year growth paled in comparison with the 4.4 percent average annual increase in global coal consumption recorded in the last decade as the United States cut its coal consumption by nearly 12 percent, according to the report.

In the absence of large - scale carbon capture and storage, global coal consumption flatlines.

China, the United States and the UK have been the main drivers of the fall in global coal consumption from 2013 to 2017, the uptick last year notwithstanding,» the Greenpeace campaigner added.

The report sharply lowered its five - year global coal demand growth forecast in reflection of economic restructuring in China, which represents half of global coal consumption.

Over 70 percent of the increase in global coal consumption is to fuel India's power sector so that electricity is provided to more of India's population.

Cheap shale gas is significantly reducing coal demand in the United States, but global coal consumption is still expected to rise 2.6 percent annually by 2017, the International Energy Agency said today in a report.

This paper points out that global coal consumption (primarily from China) has increased significantly, although the dataset referred to shows an increase only since 2004 - 2007 (the period 1985 - 2003 was pretty stable).

Global coal consumption, which is measured in in tonnes of coal equivalent — the industry standard to reflect energy content rather than physical weight — will reach 6.2 billion tonnes in 2017, up from 5.3 billion in 2011.

Global coal consumption and Chinese coal consumption both plateau.

«China now accounts for 47 percent of global coal consumption — almost as much as the rest of the world combined,» EIA said of the latest figures.

For example, global coal consumption increases only 27 % in the twenty two years between 1980 and 2002 (8).

Based on the 2016 IEA World Energy Outlook report, global coal demand will have rebounded to 2014 levels as a result of growth in India and Southeast Asia by 2040, and over 80 % of global coal consumption will take place in Asia.

Global coal consumption is expected to rise by 25 percent by the end of the decade to 4,500 million tonnes of oil equivalent, overtaking oil at 4,400 million tonnes, according to Woodmac in a presentation on Monday at the World Energy Congress.