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Monday, 04 January 21
U.S. RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURPASSES COAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 130 YEARS - EIA
 In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from wind and solar. Compared with 2018, coal consumption in the United States decreased nearly 15%, and total renewable energy consumption grew by 1%.
Historically, wood was the main source of U.S. energy until the mid-1800s and was the only commercial-scale renewable source of energy in the United States until the first hydropower plants began producing electricity in the 1880s. Coal was used in the early 1800s as fuel for steam-powered boats and trains and making steel, and it was later used to generate electricity in the 1880s. EIA’s earliest energy estimates began in 1635.
EIA converts sources of energy to common units of heat, called British thermal units (Btu), to compare different types of energy that are reported in different physical units (barrels, cubic feet, tons, kilowatthours, etc.). EIA uses a fossil fuel equivalence to calculate electricity consumption of noncombustible renewables such as wind, hydro, solar, and geothermal.
In 2019, U.S. coal consumption decreased for the sixth consecutive year to 11.3 quadrillion Btu, the lowest level since 1964. Electricity generation from coal has declined significantly over the past decade and, in 2019, fell to its lowest level in 42 years. Natural gas consumption in the electric power sector has significantly increased in recent years and has displaced much of the electricity generation from retired coal plants.
Total renewable energy consumption in the United States grew for the fourth year in a row to a record-high 11.5 quadrillion Btu in 2019. Since 2015, the growth in U.S. renewable energy is almost entirely attributable to the use of wind and solar in the electric power sector. In 2019, electricity generation from wind surpassed hydro for the first time and is now the most-used source of renewable energy for electricity generation in the United States on an annual basis.
Although coal was once commonly used in the industrial, transportation, residential, and commercial sectors, today coal is mostly used in the United States to generate electricity. About 90% of U.S. coal consumption is in the electric power sector, and nearly all the rest is in the industrial sector.
Renewable energy is more broadly consumed by every sector in the United States. About 56% of commercially delivered U.S. renewable energy is used in the electric power sector, mostly from wind and hydroelectric power, but different types are also consumed in the industrial (22%), transportation (12%), residential (7%), and commercial (2%) sectors.
Biomass, which includes wood, biogenic waste, and biofuels, is consumed in every sector. Wood and the losses and co-products from production of biofuels are the main renewable sources used in the industrial sector, and biofuels such as fuel ethanol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel are used in the transportation sector. Wood, waste, solar, and geothermal are among the most common sources used directly in the residential and commercial sectors.
Principal contributor: Mickey Francis
Source: EIA
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Tuesday, 08 December 20
PANAMAX: THE OVERALL MARKET SEEMS TO BE UNDER NEGATIVE PRESSURE - ALLIED
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Friday, 04 December 20
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Wednesday, 02 December 20
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Wednesday, 02 December 20
INDONESIA CONSIDERING CLOSING 3,400MW SURALAYA COAL PLANT - THE JAKARTA POST
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- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Planning Commission, India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
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- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
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- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
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- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
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- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Eastern Coal Council - USA
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- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
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- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
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- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Australian Coal Association
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
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- MS Steel International - UAE
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- PTC India Limited - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
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- London Commodity Brokers - England
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
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- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- India Bulls Power Limited - India
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- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
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- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
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- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
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- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
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- The University of Queensland
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- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
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- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
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- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
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- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
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- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
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- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
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- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- White Energy Company Limited
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- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
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- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Minerals Council of Australia
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- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
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