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BEIJING Reuters - China added 194 million tonnes of coal mining capacity in 2018, data from the energy bureau showed on Tuesday, despite vows to eliminate excess capacity in the sector and to reduce fossil fuel consumption.
Free quote Send messageTotal coal mining capacity in the country was at 3.53 billion tonnes per year by the end of 2018, according to a statement from the National Energy Administration NEA. That compares to 3.34 billion tonnes at the end of 2017.
The NEA said that excludes 1.03 billion tonnes per year of approved coal capacity currently under construction and 370 million tonnes per year under trial operation.
Additionally, the NEA has approved another seven coal mining projects with a combined capacity of 22.5 million tonnes per year since the beginning of 2019.
However, the total amount of coal mines in China declined to 3,373 in 2018 from 3,907 in 2017, the NEA said in the statement, as Beijing has been phasing out small and ineffective coal mines in eastern regions and expanding capacity in the west.
The increasing coal capacity has stirred concerns it will undermine efforts to cut the share of coal in total energy use, and that China will be unable to keep its commitment of capping climate-warming carbon emissions by around 2030.
China produced 3.55 billion tonnes of coal in 2018, up 5.2 percent from a year ago, while generating 4.979 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity from coal-fired power plants, up 6 percent from the 2017 level, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.
Oct 12, 2020nbsp018332Glencore, which has an extensive coal mining business in Australia, has been concerned for some time that the worsening relations with China would lead to a crackdown on coal exports.
Sep 04, 2020nbsp018332The two companies now drilling for coal in the national park are Afrochine Energy of the Tsingashan Group of China and Zhongxin Coal Mining Group. The issue has raised emotions in Hwange where residents, tour operators and wildlife activists have vowed to block any mining in the national parks to protect wildlife, New Zimbabwe noted.
A man tends to vegetables growing in a field as emissions rise from cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Tongling, Anhui province, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Chinas economy expanded at its weakest pace since 2009, according to figures Monday, with gross domestic product rising 6.4 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. Photographer Qilai ShenBloomberg.
Responsible for 46 of global production and 51 of global demand, Chinas coal reliance is not falling nearly as fast as some like to claim.
For demand, too many confuse the crucial difference between growing less slowly or remaining buoyantly very high versus shrinking or declining.nbspSimilar to U.S. oil demand,nbspChinas coal consumption aligns with the first two. While it could indeed be said thatnbspChinese coal demand has been relatively flat for a few years now, importantly,nbspitnbsphasnt been falling in the absolute sense.
For production,nbspChinas December coal output was 2.1 higher than it was in 2017, nbsphitting the highest level in over three years.nbspThe country started up new mines last year and then ramped up production to meet highnbspwinter demand.nbspDue to domestic gas supply shortages in recent years, China has been softening its stance to displace coal heating with natural gas.
China approved nearly 6.7nbspbillion worth of new coal mining projects in 2018, and production increasednbsp5.2 tonbsp3.55 billion tonnes.
For imports, now a much larger portion of the supply mix,nbspcoal imports in China were up 9nbsplast year.
This year,nbspChinas plan to kick startnbspits economy with new stimulus measures could also lead to another uptick for coal.nbspRemember that in China coal is about 60 of all energy supply and generates 65 of total electricity, sonbspeconomic growth can easily translate intonbspmore coal usage.
Looking forward, surely not tonbspgrow like the boom years of 2000-2010,nbspthere is still pretty solid potential for more coal in China.
For example,nbspCarbon Brief reportednbsplast summer that China quietly has 210,000 MW of new coal capacity in the works, or nearly a 25 expansion.
The good news is that these plants will be supercritical or even ultra-superciticial,nbspdeploying higher efficiency to generate more power using less coal.
Jun 26, 2017nbsp018332China is by far the worlds largest coal user, consuming half the global supply. China has committed to capping its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and some have suggested it.
In China, roughly 4,000-6,000 workers die from underground mining accidents each year. Miners are also directly exposed to toxic fumes, coal dust and toxic metals, increasing their risk for fatal lung diseases such as pneumoconiosis and silicosis.
Aug 14, 2020nbsp018332China has approved a merger of two coal miners to create a new giant in the worlds top producer and consumer of the fuel. Yankuang Group Co. Ltd. s merger with fellow miner.
1 day agonbsp018332Researchers from a number of institutions in the US and the UK published a study that states that emissions from coal-fired power plants in China are fertilizing the North Pacific Ocean with a.
In response, an executive with the Environmental Defense Fund admonished nations to go their own way on carbon markets, setting up rules for international emissions trading.
A U.N. report released last month said greenhouse gas emissions must be cut 7.6 annually to keep planetary warming under 2 degrees centigradea remarkably precise estimate based on climate models that have heretofore had a casual association with reality. It wont happen.