coal consumption in 2015 was 3.965 Bt, down
3.7% from 2014, and 50% of the world’s total
coal consumption. Coal’s share of China’s primary energy use was 64% in 2015, far higher
than the world average of 30%.
In 2014, China’s total coal consumption was
4.116 Bt. Coal consumption in major industries
and processes is shown in Fig. 44.
In 2014, thermal power generation was China’s largest consumer of coal at 1,845.25 Mt,
44.82% of the total. Coal consumption by end
users and in coking was 1,160.44 Mt (28.19%)
and 628.94 Mt (15.28%) respectively, while that
used for heating and in oil refining and coal
chemicals was 224.45 Mt (5.45%) and 23.30 Mt
(0.57%) respectively. Losses from coal washing
and preparation were 233.75 Mt, which is 5.68%
of total coal consumption.
China’s annual coal consumption from 2000
to 2015 is shown in Fig. 45. Consumption
increased year by year, rising from 1.357 Bt in
2000 to 4.244 Bt in 2013, an annual growth rate
of 9.5%. Consumption then dropped to 4.116 Bt
in 2014 and to 3.965 Bt in 2015. Due to China’s
slowing economic growth and increasingly strict
environmental policies, controlling coal consumption has become an important means to
adjust primary energy demand. There is, therefore, only a slim possibility that coal consumption will increase in the future. China’s coal
consumption is forecast to decline to 4.08 Bt in
2020 and to 3.6 Bt in 2030. This indicates that
China’s coal consumption peaked in 2013.
In the future, China’s coal sector will make
vigorous efforts to achieve technological breakthroughs and implement successful demonstration projects in safe, efficient and intelligent coal
mining and in clean, efficient and intensive coal
use, thus improving the sustainability of the coal
sector. In the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–20),
China placed total energy consumption high on
the agenda. As a priority in controlling total
energy consumption, coal’s share of primary
energy is targeted to decline below 60%, while
research on the development of commercial coal
and clean coal use standards will be accelerated.
China is the world’s largest consumer of coal,
followed by the USA, India, the EU and Japan.
In 2014, China’s share of world coal consumption was 50.6%, while that of the USA, India, EU
and Japan was 11.7%, 9.3%, 7.0% and 3.3%
respectively. According to the BP Statistical
Review of World Energy 2016, world total coal
consumption dropped by 1.8% in 2015, compared to an average growth level of 2.1% in
2005–14, and coal’s share of world primary
energy consumption dropped to 29.2%, the
lowest since 2005. In 2015, coal accounted for
64% of China’s primary energy consumption, far
higher than the world average of 29.2%. In
Fig. 44 China’s coal consumption in 2014. Source National Bureau of Statistics of China
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3.7% from 2014, and 50% of the world’s total
coal consumption. Coal’s share of China’s primary energy use was 64% in 2015, far higher
than the world average of 30%.
In 2014, China’s total coal consumption was
4.116 Bt. Coal consumption in major industries
and processes is shown in Fig. 44.
In 2014, thermal power generation was China’s largest consumer of coal at 1,845.25 Mt,
44.82% of the total. Coal consumption by end
users and in coking was 1,160.44 Mt (28.19%)
and 628.94 Mt (15.28%) respectively, while that
used for heating and in oil refining and coal
chemicals was 224.45 Mt (5.45%) and 23.30 Mt
(0.57%) respectively. Losses from coal washing
and preparation were 233.75 Mt, which is 5.68%
of total coal consumption.
China’s annual coal consumption from 2000
to 2015 is shown in Fig. 45. Consumption
increased year by year, rising from 1.357 Bt in
2000 to 4.244 Bt in 2013, an annual growth rate
of 9.5%. Consumption then dropped to 4.116 Bt
in 2014 and to 3.965 Bt in 2015. Due to China’s
slowing economic growth and increasingly strict
environmental policies, controlling coal consumption has become an important means to
adjust primary energy demand. There is, therefore, only a slim possibility that coal consumption will increase in the future. China’s coal
consumption is forecast to decline to 4.08 Bt in
2020 and to 3.6 Bt in 2030. This indicates that
China’s coal consumption peaked in 2013.
In the future, China’s coal sector will make
vigorous efforts to achieve technological breakthroughs and implement successful demonstration projects in safe, efficient and intelligent coal
mining and in clean, efficient and intensive coal
use, thus improving the sustainability of the coal
sector. In the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–20),
China placed total energy consumption high on
the agenda. As a priority in controlling total
energy consumption, coal’s share of primary
energy is targeted to decline below 60%, while
research on the development of commercial coal
and clean coal use standards will be accelerated.
China is the world’s largest consumer of coal,
followed by the USA, India, the EU and Japan.
In 2014, China’s share of world coal consumption was 50.6%, while that of the USA, India, EU
and Japan was 11.7%, 9.3%, 7.0% and 3.3%
respectively. According to the BP Statistical
Review of World Energy 2016, world total coal
consumption dropped by 1.8% in 2015, compared to an average growth level of 2.1% in
2005–14, and coal’s share of world primary
energy consumption dropped to 29.2%, the
lowest since 2005. In 2015, coal accounted for
64% of China’s primary energy consumption, far
higher than the world average of 29.2%. In
Fig. 44 China’s coal consumption in 2014. Source National Bureau of Statistics of China
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