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IEA: Global coal consumption to grow by 1.4% to new record this year (prod.iea.org)
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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 11 months ago

In addition to what's in the headline, they also say:

Global coal demand is set to decline to 2026 – but China will have the last word

which is a big deal

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Looks like it's mainly China, India, and Indonesia that are increasing usage for industrial products and power generation. Europe increased a bit last year but is expected to drop and US rates are dropping.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

There is also the fact that it was a bad year for hydro in China. If it were a normal year we might not have seen coal consumption go up as much.