Despite the transformation of the country’s energy GEM’s data show that during the first three years of landscape, coal remains the primary energy source in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025), approximately China, powering thousands of coal plants and under- 614 million tonnes of coal were in different stages of pinning industries such as iron and steel and cement development, more than the annua. [...] Indonesia emerged as the leader, of China’s total coal consumption, the reliance on exporting a staggering 220 Mt of coal to China and imports still exposes China to vulnerabilities in the representing a significant 46% share of China’s total global coal market, as evidenced by the impacts of the imports. [...] The fluctuations of coal mine approvals The trajectory of coal mine capacity approvals in government shifted its focus towards increasing coal China saw significant fluctuations between the 13th production to ensure energy security. [...] By and China’s coal mining sector is the largest source analyzing all operating and proposed coal mines or of methane emissions within the country’s energy mine expansions with a capacity of 1 Mtpa or greater China’s coal mines are responsible for more coal mine methane emissions than the rest of the world combined Coal mine methane (CMM) emissions from coal mines with a capacity of at least 1 Mtp. [...] peak in coal production is closely tied to consump- tion patterns, and a closer look at the sectoral trends The power sector, which is the largest coal consumer suggests a peak in coal production may be imminent, and CO2 emitter in China (accounting for over 54% while the trajectory of coal consumption suggests and 40% of the national totals, respectively), holds the Uptick in new coal operations.
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Table of Contents
- Energy Monitor 1
- Energy Monitor 2
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
- Key findings 3
- BACKGROUND 5
- OPERATING CAPACITY OVERVIEW 6
- Shanxi and Inner Mongolia together produce more coal than the rest of China combined 6
- Large mines and regional concentration 7
- Operating coal mines in China 8
- Underground mines are responsible for 77 of the coal production in China 9
- China is also a coal import giant 10
- CAPACITY UNDER DEVELOPMENT 11
- Provincial breakdown of proposed capacity 11
- Major capacity additions continue to be concentrated in the same coal-producing provinces 12
- Chinas proposed coal mine capacity outstrips the rest of the world with three times more under construction 13
- Focus on large-scale mine development 14
- Distribution of proposed mine projects 14
- Inner Mongolia is on track to surpass Shanxi as Chinas largest coal producer 15
- The fluctuations of coal mine approvals 16
- A rebound in new capacity approvals in 2022 following a short-term decline 16
- COAL MINE METHANE EMISSIONS 17
- Chinas coal mines are responsible for more coal mine methane emissions than the rest of the world combined 17
- Provincial coal mine methane emissions from operating mines 18
- Underground mines are the primary coal mine methane sources contributing more than 90 of the total 19
- Lock-in emissions from proposed coal mines 20
- 95 of projected coal mine methane emissions will come from proposed underground mines with Inner Mongolia as the leading source 20
- CORPORATE COAL PRODUCERS AND EMITTERS 21
- What are the top ten corporations in coal production and proposals 21
- Top ten largest state-owned coal producers 21
- Top ten companies in new capacity development 21
- What about emissions from companies 22
- The listed corporate emitters are responsible for almost 40 of Chinas total coal mine methane emissions 22
- BALANCING SUPPLY AND DEMAND REMAINS THE CONUNDRUM 23
- Coal peak depends on the consumption sector 23
- Uptick in new coal operations in 2021 to meet increased coal demand 23
- Looking ahead Coal dilemma will continue 24
