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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.

StateCoal
West Virginia52.2%
Wyoming50.7%
North Dakota42.5%
Missouri33.8%
Kentucky32.6%
Utah28.4%
Indiana28.2%
Nebraska23.7%
Montana19.6%
New Mexico17.9%
Ohio17.9%
Kansas16.1%
Wisconsin15.6%
Colorado15.5%
Arkansas14.9%
Michigan12.6%
Iowa11.7%
Alabama11.4%
Minnesota10.0%
Illinois9.9%
USA - Average9.9%
Tennessee9.6%
North Carolina9.6%
Arizona9.1%
Pennsylvania9.1%
South Carolina8.1%
Texas6.5%
Georgia6.2%
Hawaii5.7%
South Dakota5.4%
Maryland5.1%
Mississippi4.6%
Florida4.6%
Oklahoma4.1%
Nevada3.9%
Virginia3.7%
Washington2.9%
Alaska2.9%
Oregon1.7%
Louisiana1.2%
Delaware0.9%
New Jersey0.7%
Idaho0.6%
Maine0.5%
California0.5%
New Hampshire0.4%
New York0.2%
Connecticut0.0%
Vermont0.0%
Massachusetts0.0%
Rhode Island0.0%
DC0.0%

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.



CountryCoal (Exajoules)%Share of total coal consumption
China86.1753.8%
India20.0912.5%
US10.576.6%
Japan4.80 3.0%
South Africa3.53 2.2%
Russian Federation3.412.1%
Indonesia3.282.0%
South Korea3.041.9%
Vietnam2.151.3%
Germany2.121.3%
Poland1.881.2%
Turkey1.741.1%
Taiwan1.671.0%
Australia1.631.0%
Kazakhstan1.561.0%
Ukraine0.950.6%
Malaysia0.890.6%
Thailand0.810.5%
Philippines0.790.5%
Total World160.10100.0%

URL - 2021 Coal Consumption by Country





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