Sentences with phrase «hard coal imports»

The Russian Federation provides all of the natural gas and most of the crude oil and hard coal imports into Finland

Not surprisingly, German hard coal imports have surged — jumping 25 % in the first quarter of 2013 — as have its carbon emissions, which rose 1.5 % last year and are poised to rise again this year, alarming both the nation's environmental groups and the Merkel government.

Not exact matches

Others note that Germany is a nation with nine direct neighbors and imports 100 % of its consumed uranium, 98 % of its oil, 82 % of its natural gas, and 77 % of its hard coal — and the bulk of oil and gas imports, about 35 % each (more than the EU average), come from Russia.

Hard to believe that many of the countries that burn less than 2 %, the other 17.6 % are going to ramp up and import a lot of coal.

While Germany produces its own lignite (at the expense of complete German villages), hard coal is imported, and the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam are Germany's main coal pusher.

Now, it's being reported that China will crackdown on the most polluting forms of coal, meaning imports from coal producing nations like Australia, where solar is already squeezing coal profits domestically, could be hit especially hard.