Coal Renewable Energy Analysis

US States Ranked by Coal Fuel consumption

Date posted: 2022/10/09

In 2020, West Virginia was the top ranked in Coal Fuel consumption with getting more than half- 52.33% energgy from coal while there are 5 US states- Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and DC that no longer use coal.

State	Coal
West Virginia	52.2%
Wyoming	50.7%
North Dakota	42.5%
Missouri	33.8%
Kentucky	32.6%
Utah	28.4%
Indiana	28.2%
Nebraska	23.7%
Montana	19.6%
New Mexico	17.9%
Ohio	17.9%
Kansas	16.1%
Wisconsin	15.6%
Colorado	15.5%
Arkansas	14.9%
Michigan	12.6%
Iowa	11.7%
Alabama	11.4%
Minnesota	10.0%
Illinois	9.9%
USA - Average	9.9%
Tennessee	9.6%
North Carolina	9.6%
Arizona	9.1%
Pennsylvania	9.1%
South Carolina	8.1%
Texas	6.5%
Georgia	6.2%
Hawaii	5.7%
South Dakota	5.4%
Maryland	5.1%
Mississippi	4.6%
Florida	4.6%
Oklahoma	4.1%
Nevada	3.9%
Virginia	3.7%
Washington	2.9%
Alaska	2.9%
Oregon	1.7%
Louisiana	1.2%
Delaware	0.9%
New Jersey	0.7%
Idaho	0.6%
Maine	0.5%
California	0.5%
New Hampshire	0.4%
New York	0.2%
Connecticut	0.0%
Vermont	0.0%
Massachusetts	0.0%
Rhode Island	0.0%
DC	0.0%

Source - EIA
URL - US States Ranked by Coal Fuel consumption

2021 Coal Consumption by Country

Date posted: 2022/10/02

Coal combustion is more carbon-intensive than burning natural gas or petroleum for electric power production.
Coal is the China is the biggest consumer of coal accounting for 53% of total consumption followed by India, US, Japan, South Africa and Russia who are also big consumers of coal.

Country	Coal (Exajoules)	%Share of total coal consumption
China	86.17	53.8%
India	20.09	12.5%
US	10.57	6.6%
Japan	4.80	3.0%
South Africa	3.53	2.2%
Russian Federation	3.41	2.1%
Indonesia	3.28	2.0%
South Korea	3.04	1.9%
Vietnam	2.15	1.3%
Germany	2.12	1.3%
Poland	1.88	1.2%
Turkey	1.74	1.1%
Taiwan	1.67	1.0%
Australia	1.63	1.0%
Kazakhstan	1.56	1.0%
Ukraine	0.95	0.6%
Malaysia	0.89	0.6%
Thailand	0.81	0.5%
Philippines	0.79	0.5%
Total World	160.10	100.0%

URL - 2021 Coal Consumption by Country

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