Global coal consumption will reach a record high in 2025 before declining
It is expected to exceed thanks to the growth of other sources of electricity generation, according to the International Energy Agency." target="_blank">Coalis the main contributor to Carbon dioxide emissions resulting from human activities are expected to record a slight increase in 2025 by approximately 0.5 percent over what it was in 2024, which was also a record year, to reach 8.85 billion tons. "A new historical record" Coal consumption after the peak recorded last year.
However, the agency indicated that this consumption is supposed to decline slightly. "By 2030"And to come back "To the level it was in 2023"by verb "Increased competition from other sources of electricity"such as nuclear energy and liquefied natural gas.
Most consuming
China is still the country that consumes the most coal despite its widespread reliance on solar and wind energy, as their share alone of global demand amounts to 56%.
As for the volume of India’s demand, it declined for the third time in 50 years, after it was the largest contributor to market growth.
An opposite trend
A trend was recorded The opposite is true in the United States, where rising gas prices and the Trump administration’s pro-fossil energy policies, which are slowing the closure of coal plants, have helped boost consumption, which has been declining for 15 years.
The United States alone contributed 37 million tons to the overall increase of 40 million tons in one year.
In the European Union, demand for coal fell only 3%, after an average decline of 18%. In 2023 and 2024, this is especially due to the weak production of hydroelectric and wind energy in the first half of the year.
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