Sentences with phrase «in coal consumption»

The decline in coal consumption for the third year in a row is, therefore, an encouraging sign.

The effect of the project activity is that coal users start to use an alternative top - down ignition technique that leads to a 50 % reduction in coal consumption and GHG emissions.

This is driven by a projected 3 % increase in coal consumption, 12 % increase in natural gas consumption and 5 % increase in oil consumption.

This plateau has largely been down to a fall in coal consumption globally.

Continued decline in coal consumption can not be taken for granted.

In an additional twist, supply - side data appear to imply that the reduction in coal consumption should be much greater even than 4.7 %.

The third consecutive annual fall in coal consumption, reported in newly released preliminary data for 2016 from the Chinese government, comes despite signs of a rebound last Autumn.

our analyses identify an important change in another pathway for anthropogenic climate change — a rapid rise in anthropogenic sulfur emissions driven by large increases in coal consumption in Asia in general, and China in particular.

China and India lead the growth in coal consumption over the next five years.

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.

Most of the July - December 2016 rebound in coal consumption came from increased coal - fired power production.

Largely thanks to a decrease in coal consumption in both countries, the analysis suggests that annual emissions from the two countries combined are on track to be about 2 billion to 3 billion tons lower in the year 2030 than previous estimates have indicated.

The increased sulphur emissions are linked to a 100 percent increase in coal consumption over the period 1998 - 2008 in China.

But He said that would depend on China achieving a real reduction in coal consumption from sometime around 2020 or 2025, and on the nation meeting its target of having 150 - 200 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2030.

Coal stockpiles are up as a result of declines in coal consumption by electric power plants.

The major slowdown in coal consumption trends opens up a window of opportunity for peaking global CO2 emissions.

The rise in coal consumption in developing countries, particularly China and India, poses questions about this endeavour, in particular because the new coal - fired power stations will be consuming the commodity for the next 30 to 40 years.

The decline in coal consumption fits an overall pattern seen in China over the past few years, which suggests that China is running out of high quality coal.

«The only significant decline in coal consumption globally was in the United States, and the reason is cheap gas.»

«The impact of the coal - to - gas switch in North America is so significant that for the first time since China's rise, the medium - term growth rate in coal consumption will fall below the growth rate of gas,» van der Hoeven said.

USA emissions increased 2.9 %, due to a rebound in coal consumption potentially reversing the downward trend since the start of the shale - gas boom in 2007

You can make out some downward blips in coal consumption for the Great Depression (~ 1930) and around the end of WW2 (~ 1945).

If the drop of 1.3 % in coal consumption measured by energy content in the statistical communiqué and the drop of 1.3 % measured in tonnes from the Coal Industry Association are both correct, this would imply no significant change in the average energy content per tonne of coal from 2015 and 2016, since the amount of energy and the number of tonnes both went down by 1.3 %.

Monthly statistics, furthermore, suggested an upwards curve in coal consumption during the latter half of the year.

Near - term changes in coal consumption are key to which way CO2 emissions will go in the coming decade, despite the growing importance of oil, gas and cement in emissions growth.

The change in mix of coal ranks produced reflects the large sectorial and regional shifts in coal consumption that have occurred in the past two decades.

«The drop in coal consumption is almost entirely due to the electricity sector, which continues to use more natural gas, in favor of coal,» said A.J. Simon, group leader for LLNL's energy program.

From 2010 to 2011, CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion decreased by 2.5 % due to: (1) a decrease in coal consumption, with increased natural gas consumption and a significant increase in hydropower used; (2) a decrease in transportation - related energy consumption due to higher fuel costs, improvements in fuel efficiency, and a reduction in miles travelled; and (3) relatively mild winter conditions resulting in an overall decrease in energy demand in most sectors.

Increasing emissions and concentrations of carbon dioxide receive considerable attention, but our analyses identify an important change in another pathway for anthropogenic climate change — a rapid rise in anthropogenic sulfur emissions driven by large increases in coal consumption in Asia in general, and China in particular.

It is tempting to speculate that the 4.7 % reduction in coal consumption by weight in the statistical communqué is an attempt by China's statistical bureau to reconcile the supply - and demand - side data, but that is purely speculation at this point.

China has reduced its annual rise in coal consumption from 18 percent a decade ago to almost zero.

India's ambitious renewable expansion will take place alongside (not in place of) growth in coal consumption.

Despite an expected increase in coal consumption in the United States this year, domestic emissions are expected to have declined by about a half a percent this year.

The United States» emissions rose by 2.9 percent, due to a rebound in coal consumption.

«Given the dramatic fall in coal consumption, robust renewable energy uptake, and the urgent need to address air pollution, we believe the country can go well beyond what it has proposed today.»

Interestingly enough, the decline in coal consumption in China appears to continue.

A decline in coal consumption in China for two consecutive years would be the first since 1982.

Due to a reduction in coal consumption and a lower overall growth rate, China's CO2 emissions fell last year, according to the International Energy Agency.

Once all data are in, energy - related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2013 are expected to be roughly 2 % above the 2012 level, largely because of a small increase in coal consumption in the electric power sector.

Unsurprisingly, these models suggested drastic reductions in coal consumption.

The GCP reports that the 2017 increase in coal consumption — and, in turn, overall Chinese emissions — is driven by a combination in increased industrial production and reduced hydroelectric generation associated with lower - than - usual rainfall.

Due to a reduction in coal consumption and a lower overall growth rate, China's CO2 emissions fell last year, according to the International Energy Agency.

China has already rebalanced economic growth to achieve a 3 % drop in coal consumption.

Coal is still by far the dominant power source in China and the growth in the second half of 2016 serves as a timely reminder that continued reductions in coal consumption and associated CO2 emissions depend on both fast growth in other power sources and energy efficiency or other measures to curb demand growth.

On the other hand, despite the downwards trend in coal consumption, cement, steel and coal - fired power production — three of the biggest coal - consuming sectors — all grew again in 2016 after having fallen in 2015.

«Moreover, with the recent decline in coal consumption and robust renewable energy development, China is positioning itself at the front of climate leadership.

This came after an article in Energy Matters, 2016/03/03, that cited a «Statistical Communique Of The People's Republic of China» in reporting a 3.7 percent decline in coal consumption in 2015 following a decline of 2.9 percent in 2014.

The workshop, held under the auspices of SEI's Fossil Fuels and Climate Change Initiative, was titled, «Dialogues: preparing for a global decline in coal consumption.

That growth in coal consumption was the primary driver of the record levels of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2011, causing a leading energy economist to worry that «the door to a 2 °C trajectory is about to close.»