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Coal production (million tonnes) Country 2023 [1] 2022 [2] 2021 [2] 2020 [2] 2019 [2] 2018 [3] 2017 [4] 2016 [5] 2015 [6] 2014 [7] 2013 [5] 2007 [8] China 4,362.1 4,152.7 4,126.0 3,901.6 3,846.3
As a fossil fuel burned for heat, coal supplies about a quarter of the world's primary energy and two-fifths of its electricity. [4] The largest consumer and importer of coal is China. China mines almost half the world's coal, followed by India with about a tenth. Australia accounts for about a third of world coal exports, followed by Indonesia ...
The peak of coal's share in the global energy mix was in 2008, when coal accounted for 30% of global energy production. [1] Coal consumption is declining in the United States and Europe, as well as developed economies in Asia. [1] However, consumption is still increasing in India and Southeast Asia, [3] which compensates for the falls in other ...
Energy production and consumption play a significant role in the global economy. It is needed in industry and global transportation. The total energy supply chain, from production to final consumption, involves many activities that cause a loss of useful energy. [3] As of 2022, energy consumption is still about 80% from fossil fuels. [4]
Global coal use was 8.3 billion tonnes in 2022, [14] and is set to remain at record levels in 2023. [15] To meet the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming below 2 °C (3.6 °F) coal use needs to halve from 2020 to 2030, [16] and "phasing down" coal was agreed upon in the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Global coal demand is likely to have peaked this year, and could drop by about 2% over the next three years as China brings more renewable energy sources online, the International Energy Agency ...
FILE - Wind turbines stand in fields near Palm Springs, Calif, March 22, 2023. Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy ...
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