Sentences with phrase «short tons»

[2] The U.S. consumes 1 billion short tons of coal a year.

One early estimate of total coal resource in the Gillette field was just over 200 billion short tons.

(Lomborg's swipe seems to reveal yet another discrepancy: Stern used metric tons, while Lomborg's article referred to the short tons familiar to the U.S.)

In 2006, output from the Gillette region totaled over 431 million short tons of coal, or over 37 % of U.S. total yearly production.

EIA forecasts coal production to decline by 3 % to 751 million short tons (MMst) in 2018.

Conversion factor: A factor for converting data between one unit of measurement and another (such as between short tons and British thermal units, or between barrels and gallons).

Nationwide, the United States» production in 2015 of 900 million short tons of coal represented a 30 - year low and was a 10 percent drop from 2014, the Energy Information Association reported.

In 2016 alone, ENERGY STAR helped Americans save approximately 400 billion kWh of electricity with associated emission reductions of 320 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, 300,000 short tons of sulfur dioxide, 220,000 short tons of nitrogen oxides, and 23,000 short tons of fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

Production within the state of Illinois (23.9 million short tons) has been a key driver of the basin production increase over the first half of 2012.

Coal production in the Illinois Basin during the first half of 2012 (64.4 million short tons) was 13 % higher than the same period in 2011.

Individually, each of these two mines produces almost as much coal as West Virginia (135.5 million short tons), the nation's second largest coal producing state.

That all works out to just shy of 144 million short tons of CO2 per year for direct emissions from burning the oil.

I used an annual reduction of 134 million short tons (2.5 %)

Coal consumption: The quantity of coal burned for the generation of electric power (in short tons), including fuel used for maintenance of standby service.

In 2009, discarded TVs, computers, peripherals (including printers, scanners, fax machines) mice, keyboards, and cell phones totaled about 2.37 million short tons.

ENERGY OVERVIEW Energy Minister: Ernesto Martens Rebolledo Head of PEMEX: Raul Munoz Leos Proven Oil Reserves (1 / 1 / 03E): 12.6 billion barrels (see Reserves and Production) Oil Production (2002E): 3.6 million barrels per day (bbl / d), of which 3.18 million bbl / d was crude Oil Consumption (2002E): 1.93 million bbl / d Net Oil Exports (2002E): 1.68 million bbl / d Crude Oil Refining Capacity (1 / 1 / 03E): 1.7 million bbl / d Natural Gas Reserves (1 / 1 / 03E): 8.8 trillion cubic feet (Tcf)(see Reserves and Production) Natural Gas Production (2000E): 1.33 Tcf Natural Gas Consumption (2000E): 1.38 Tcf Recoverable Coal Reserves (2000E): 1.3 billion short tons Coal Production (2000E): 10.86 million short tons Coal Consumption (2000E): 13.41 million short tons Net Coal Imports (2000E): 2.55 million short tons Electric Generation Capacity (2000E): 38.9 million kilowatts Net Electricity Generation (2000E): 194.37 billion kilowatthours (bkwh); 74 % thermal, 18 % hydro, 5 % nuclear, 3 % other Net Electricity Consumption (2000E): 182.8 bkwh Net Electricity Imports (2000E): 2.07 bkwh

Coal production in the Appalachian state is expected to total no more than 90 million short tons this year — a more - than -40-percent drop from 2008 levels of around 160 million tons of coal.

Today's announcement means that by 2030, at least 132 million more short tons of carbon pollution will be avoided, equivalent to avoiding one - year's worth of emissions from over 25 million cars.

ENERGY OVERVIEW Proven Oil Reserves (1 / 1 / 02E): 2.9 billion barrels Oil Production (2002E): 818,000 barrels per day (bbl / d), of which about 763,000 bbl / d was crude oil Oil Consumption (2002E): 483,000 bbl / d Net Oil Exports (2001E): 335,000 bbl / d Natural Gas Reserves (1 / 1 / 02E): 27.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) Natural Gas Production (2000E): 1.32 Tcf Natural Gas Consumption (2000E): 1.17 Tcf Net Natural Gas Exports (2000E): 0.15 Tcf Coal Reserves (2000E): 474 million short tons (Mmst) Coal Production (2000E): 0.33 Mmst Coal Consumption (2000E): 1.47 Mmst Electric Generation Capacity (1 / 1 / 00E): 24 gigawatts (GW) Electricity Generation (2000E): 82.8 billion kilowattthours (bkwh); conventional thermal 52 %, hydroelectricity 41 %, nuclear 7 %

This is the highest level of quarterly coal exports since 1992, when exports were 27 million short tons.

In its 2009 World Energy Outlook, IEA estimated recoverable coal at «1 trillion short tons [= 910 Gt] or «150 years of production».

Norfolk exported 32 million short tons of coal in 2010.

EPA estimates that annual methane emissions will be reduced by 1.0 to 1.7 million short tons per year (about 19 to 33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent).

As of January 1, 2017, EIA estimated that the remaining U.S. recoverable coal reserves totaled over 254 billion short tons, from a DRB of 476 billion short tons.

The United States imported 9.8 million short tons of coal in 2016, mostly from South America.

Although the United States produces a large amount of coal (about 728 million short tons in 2016), some power plants along the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Ocean sometimes find it cheaper to import coal from other countries than to obtain coal from U.S. coal - producing regions.

In 2012, 12 % of U.S. coal production was exported, and coal exports reached a record high of 126 million short tons.

U.S. exports of coal have declined each year since 2012 and were about 60 million short tons in 2016, equal to about 8 % of U.S. coal production.

The Clean Power Plan requires Illinois to cut power sector CO2 emissions by almost 30 million short tons if the state chooses a mass - based compliance plan — the approach advocated for by Exelon and others in Illinois.

Keep in mind that according to eia.gov, under «business - as - usual» scenarios, «World coal consumption is projected to increase from 5,440 million short tons in 2003 to 7,792 million short tons in 2015, at an average annual rate of 3.0 percent».

Metallurgical coal dominated U.S. coal exports in 2011 (see chart below); metallurgical coal exports totaled about 70 million short tons compared to about 38 million short tons for steam coal.

Global coal production was up about 3.8 billion short tons (91 %) from 1980 through 2010.

According to the most recent RGGI Investment Summary Report «The lifetime effects of these RGGI investments are projected to save 76.1 million MMBtu of fossil fuel energy and 20.6 million MWh of electricity, avoiding the release of approximately 15.4 million short tons of carbon pollution.»

The coal industry should be able to handle a coal - to - liquids (CTL) industry of modest size, using 60 — 70 million short tons or 54 — 64 million metric tons of coal per annum, without premature depletion of the country's coal reserves.

Moreover, it's something that can be mined and used within the U.S. Even though the country imports millions of short tons of coal per year, the rate has dropped dramatically in the last decade, from more than 34.5 million tons in 2006 to just 9.6 million tons in 2015.

The $ 25 million stake in Millennium Bulk Terminals - Longview, gives Arch control of nearly 2 million short tons of throughput capacity at the planned facility.

At the current U.S. - Canadian dollar exchange rate (1.00 / 0.80), and converting from tonnes to short tons, the B.C. tax now equates to around $ 22 (U.S.) per ton of CO2.

Stocks in the electric power sector decreased to 137.2 million short tons in fourth — quarter 2017 from 139.3 million short tons at the end of third — quarter 2017, the fourth consecutive quarterly decrease since the end of fourth — quarter 2016.

Steam coal exports totaled 13.4 million short tons (36.9 % higher than third — quarter 2017.

U.S. coal imports in fourth — quarter 2017 totaled 1.4 million short tons.

Fourth — quarter 2017 U.S. coal exports (28.2 million short tons) increased 14.5 % from third — quarter 2017.

The lifetime effects of these RGGI investments are projected to save 28 million MMBtu of fossil fuel energy and 9 million MWh of electricity, avoiding the release of 5.3 million short tons of carbon pollution.

U.S. coal production during fourth — quarter 2017 totaled 193.8 million short tons, which was 1.2 % lower than the previous quarter and 2.9 % lower than fourth — quarter 2016.

Then, the state would give the project 40 allowances (measured in short tons) and EPA would match with 40 early action allowances, for a total of 80 allowances.

Domestic coal consumption during the fourth quarter of 2011 decreased by 18.8 % from the third quarter of 2011 to 227.1 million short tons, which was the lowest level since the second quarter of 1995.

Total coal exports surpassed the five - year (2006 - 2010) fourth - quarter range, increasing by 32.6 % from fourth quarter 2010 and 6.6 % from the third quarter of 2011, to 27.7 million short tons.

Exports to the United Kingdom (1.2 million short tons) and South Korea (0.9 million short tons), which together accounted for 22.4 % of total steam coal exports, were followed by lower levels to Germany, the Netherlands (a major trans - shipment port), and Belgium.

Steam coal exports increased by 27.0 % from the fourth quarter of 2010 to 9.6 million short tons.

Exports of metallurgical coal — used in steelmaking — accounted for 65 % of coal exports in the fourth quarter of 2011: 18.0 million short tons with an average price of $ 181.41.

Fourth - quarter exports to China (1.3 million short tons) grew 28.4 % from the third quarter of 2011, but remained about the same as the export level in the fourth quarter of 2010.