On Thursday, September 29, 2016 11:06 AM, Muhammad Ali <manik195709@yahoo.com> wrote:
U.S. coal-fired power production in the global context
In 2012, the U.S. produced approximately 1,643,000 GWh (gigawatt hours) of electricity from coal (one GWh is the amount of power produced by a 1,000 MW power plant running for one hour), accounting for 17.9 percent of the world's coal-fired electricity:[7]
Country 2010 Coal Power Prod. 2012 Coal Power Prod. % of World Total (2012)
China 3,273,000 GWh 3,785,000 GWh 41.3%
U.S.A. 1,994,000 GWh 1,643,000 GWh 17.9%
India 653,000 GWh 801,000 GWh 8.7%
Japan 304,000 GWh 303,000 GWh 3.3%
Germany 274,000 GWh 287,000 GWh 3.1%
South Africa 242,000 GWh 239,000 GWh 2.6%
Korea 219,000 GWh 239,000 GWh 2.6%
Australia 181,000 GWh 171,000 GWh 1.9%
Russia 166,000 GWh 169,000 GWh 1.8%
All Other Countries 1,392,000 GWh 1,531,000 GWh 16.7%
World Total 8,698,000 GWh 9,168,000 GWh 100%
U.S. coal production in a global context
Country 2010 Coal Power Prod. 2012 Coal Power Prod. % of World Total (2012)
China 3,273,000 GWh 3,785,000 GWh 41.3%
U.S.A. 1,994,000 GWh 1,643,000 GWh 17.9%
India 653,000 GWh 801,000 GWh 8.7%
Japan 304,000 GWh 303,000 GWh 3.3%
Germany 274,000 GWh 287,000 GWh 3.1%
South Africa 242,000 GWh 239,000 GWh 2.6%
Korea 219,000 GWh 239,000 GWh 2.6%
Australia 181,000 GWh 171,000 GWh 1.9%
Russia 166,000 GWh 169,000 GWh 1.8%
All Other Countries 1,392,000 GWh 1,531,000 GWh 16.7%
World Total 8,698,000 GWh 9,168,000 GWh 100%
U.S. coal production in a global context
The following table represents the world's top coal producers in 2013 by metric tonne (MT). In 2013 the United States produced 904 metric tonnes of coal, a decrease of 10% from 2011. U.S. production represented 11.6% of the world total.[8]
Country 2011 Coal Prod. 2013 Coal Prod. % of World Total (2013)
China 3,576 MT 3,561 MT 45.5%
U.S.A. 1,004 MT 904 MT 11.6%
India 586 MT 613 MT 7.8%
Indonesia 376 MT 489 MT 6.3%
Australia 414 MT 459 MT 5.9%
Russia 334 MT 347 MT 4.4%
South Africa 253 MT 256 MT 3.3%
Germany 189 MT 191 MT 2.4%
Poland 139 MT 143 MT 1.8%
Korea 117 MT 120 MT 1.5%
All Other Countries 795 MT 740 MT 9.5%
World Total 7,783 MT 7,823 MT 100%
Country 2011 Coal Prod. 2013 Coal Prod. % of World Total (2013)
China 3,576 MT 3,561 MT 45.5%
U.S.A. 1,004 MT 904 MT 11.6%
India 586 MT 613 MT 7.8%
Indonesia 376 MT 489 MT 6.3%
Australia 414 MT 459 MT 5.9%
Russia 334 MT 347 MT 4.4%
South Africa 253 MT 256 MT 3.3%
Germany 189 MT 191 MT 2.4%
Poland 139 MT 143 MT 1.8%
Korea 117 MT 120 MT 1.5%
All Other Countries 795 MT 740 MT 9.5%
World Total 7,783 MT 7,823 MT 100%
In 2011, U.S. coal-fired power plants produced 1,828 million tons of CO2-equivalents – 31.8% of U.S. CO2 emissions from energy-related activities, and 5.8% of total world CO2 fossil fuel emissions.[9]
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