Largest Coal Power Plant in the World
The Taichung Power Plant is a large coal-fired power plant in Taiwan and the world. With an installed capacity of 5,780 MW, it is one of the largest coal-fired power…
World Coal Reserves
The 930 billion short tons of recoverable coal reserves estimated by the Energy Information Administration are equal to about 4,116 BBOE (billion barrels of oil equivalent). The amount of coal…
Coal Production by Country
The reserve life is an estimate based only on current production levels and proved reserves level for the countries shown, and makes no assumptions of future production or even current…
Largest Coal Exporters by Country
Countries with annual export higher than 10 million tonnes are shown. COUNTRY200720082009SHARE Australia268.5278.0288.526.5% Indonesia221.9228.2261.424.0% Russia112.2115.4130.912.0% Colombia74.574.775.76.9% South Africa72.668.273.86.8% USA60.683.560.45.5% China75.468.838.43.5% Canada33.436.531.92.9% Vietnam35.121.328.22.6% Kazakhstan32.847.625.72.4% Poland20.116.114.61.3%TOTAL1,073.41,087.31,090.8100%
Largest Coal Importers by Country
Countries with annual import higher than 30 million tonnes are shown. COUNTRY2006200720082009SHARE Japan199.7209.0206.0182.117.5% China42.056.244.5151.914.5% South Korea84.194.1107.1109.910.6% India52.729.670.976.77.4% Taiwan69.172.570.964.66.2% Germany50.656.255.745.94.4% United Kingdom56.848.949.242.24.1%TOTAL991.81,056.51,063.21,039.8100%
Types of Coal
As geological processes apply pressure to dead biotic material over time, under suitable conditions it is transformed successively into: ● Peat, considered to be a precursor of coal, has industrial importance…
Coal Liquefaction Methods
Coal liquefaction is the process of producing synthetic liquid fuels from coal. The Coal liquefaction processes are classified as direct conversion to liquids processes and indirect conversion to liquidsprocesseses. Direct processes…
Refined Coal
Refined coal is the product of the application of a coal upgrading technology that removes moisture and certain pollutants from lower-rank coals such as sub-bituminous and lignite (brown) coals and raising…
Environmental Effects of Coal Burning
There are a number of adverse health and environmental effects of coal burning especially in power stations, and of coal mining. These effects include: ● Coal-fired power plants shorten nearly 24,000…
Clean Coal Technology
Clean coal technology is an umbrella term used to describe technologies being developed that aim to reduce the environmental impact of coal energy generation. These include chemically washing minerals and impurities…
