Global coal demand to flatten globally by 2040 at 5.4 billion mt: IEA

摘要

Rising demand in India and Southeast Asia is expected tooffset falling consumption in China, Europe and the US as coaldemand flattens globally to 5.4 billion mt through 2040, up 1.5%from 2017, the International Energy Agency said in its World EnergyOutlook for 2018.The slight growth in consumption is based on current assumptionsof announced policy ambitions, including the EU’s 2030 renewableenergy and energy efficiency targets, and China’s three-year actionplan set in June for cleaner air, and The US Affordable Clean Energyrule replacing the Clean Power Plan, the IEA said.