Coal trends

UN projects US utilities accomplishing nothing by exiting coal

“While global coal demand looks set to rise for the second year in a row in 2018, it is forecast to remain stable over the next five years, as declines in Europe and North America are offset by strong growth in India and Southeast Asia, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest coal market report, Coal 2018.”

Source: IEA.org

Report: Strong growth in global CO2 emissions expected for 2018

“What is driving the rise? This year’s rising emission figures are largely due to solid growth in coal use, but coal still remains below its historical high in 2013. Coal use may soon exceed this 2013 peak if current growth continues.”

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UN report exposes foolishness of US utilities abandoning coal

Global coal use — as well as that of oil and gas — is projected to increase to 2040, according to the UN International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2018. Electric utilities that voluntarily abandon coal in hopes of reducing CO2 emissions are accomplishing zero — other than making electricity more expensive. BURN MORE COAL will be taking this reality to utility managements and exposing their misrepresentations and poor judgment.

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