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释义

  1. Etymology

  2. Geology

     Formation  Types  Hilt's law 

  3. History

  4. Emission Intensity

     Energy density 

  5. Chemistry

     Content  Coking coal and use of coke to smelt iron  Use in foundry components {{anchor|Industrial processes|Sea coal}}  Alternatives to coke  Gasification  Liquefaction  Production of chemicals 

  6. Coal as fuel to generate electricity

     Precombustion treatment  Power plant combustion 

  7. Coal industry

     Coal mining  Legality of coal mining  Coal as a traded commodity  Market trends  Major coal producers  Major coal consumers  Major coal exporters  Major coal importers 

  8. Damage to human health{{anchor|Health_effects}}

  9. Damage to the environment

     Underground fires  Global Warming 

  10. Coal pollution mitigation

     Standards  Satellite Monitoring  Combined cycle power plants  Carbon capture and storage 

  11. Economics

     Subsidies  Stranded assets 

  12. Politics

     Corruption 

  13. Opposition to coal

  14. Transition away from coal

     Peak coal  Switch to cleaner fuels and lower carbon electricity generation  Coal regions in transition  Employment  Bioremediation 

  15. Cultural usage

  16. See also

  17. References

  18. Further reading

  19. External links

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}}{{anchor|coal seam}}Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.[1]

Coal is formed if dead plant matter decays into peat and over millions of years the heat and pressure of deep burial converts the peat into coal.[2] Vast deposits of coal originates in former wetlands—called coal forests—that covered much of the Earth's tropical land areas during the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and Permian times.[3][4]

As a fossil fuel burned for heat, coal supplies about a quarter of the world's primary energy and two-fifths of its electricity.[5] Some iron and steel making and other industrial processes burn coal.

The extraction and use of coal causes many premature deaths and much illness.[6] Coal damages the environment; including by climate change as it is the largest anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide, 14 Gt in 2016[7] which is 40% of the total fossil fuel emissions.[8] As part of the worldwide energy transition many countries have stopped using or use less coal.

The largest consumer and importer of coal is China. China mines account for almost half the world's coal, followed by India with about a tenth. Australia accounts for about a third of world coal exports followed by Indonesia and Russia.[8]

Etymology

The word originally took the form col in Old English, from Proto-Germanic *kula(n), which in turn is hypothesized to come from the Proto-Indo-European root *g(e)u-lo- "live coal".[9] Germanic cognates include the Old Frisian kole, Middle Dutch cole, Dutch kool, Old High German chol, German Kohle and Old Norse kol, and the Irish word gual is also a cognate via the Indo-European root.[9]

Geology

Coal is composed of macerals, minerals and water.[10] Fossils and amber may be found in coal.

Formation

At various times in the geologic past, the Earth had dense forests[11] in low-lying wetland areas. Due to natural processes such as flooding, these forests were buried underneath soil. As more and more soil deposited over them, they were compressed. The temperature also rose as they sank deeper and deeper. As the process continued the plant matter was protected from biodegradation and oxidation, usually by mud or acidic water. This trapped the carbon in immense peat bogs that were eventually covered and deeply buried by sediments. Under high pressure and high temperature, dead vegetation was slowly converted to coal. The conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called coalification. Coalification starts with dead plant matter decaying into peat. Then over millions of years the heat and pressure of deep burial causes the loss of water, methane and carbon dioxide and an increase in the proportion of carbon.[10] Thus first lignite (also called "brown coal"), then sub-bituminous coal, bituminous coal, and lastly anthracite (also called "hard coal" or "black coal") may be formed.[2][12]

The wide, shallow seas of the Carboniferous Period provided ideal conditions for coal formation, although coal is known from most geological periods. The exception is the coal gap in the Permian–Triassic extinction event, where coal is rare. Coal is known from Precambrian strata, which predate land plants—this coal is presumed to have originated from residues of algae.[13][14]

Sometimes coal seams (also known as coal beds) are interbedded with other sediments in a cyclothem.

Types

As geological processes apply pressure to dead biotic material over time, under suitable conditions, its metamorphic grade or rank increases successively into:

  • Peat, a precursor of coal
  • Lignite, or brown coal, the lowest rank of coal, most harmful to health,[15] used almost exclusively as fuel for electric power generation
    • Jet, a compact form of lignite, sometimes polished; used as an ornamental stone since the Upper Palaeolithic
  • Sub-bituminous coal, whose properties range between those of lignite and those of bituminous coal, is used primarily as fuel for steam-electric power generation.
  • Bituminous coal, a dense sedimentary rock, usually black, but sometimes dark brown, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material It is used primarily as fuel in steam-electric power generation and to make coke.
  • Anthracite, the highest rank of coal is a harder, glossy black coal used primarily for residential and commercial space heating.
  • Graphite is difficult to ignite and not commonly used as fuel; it is most used in pencils, or powdered for lubrication.

Cannel coal (sometimes called "candle coal") is a variety of fine-grained, high-rank coal with significant hydrogen content, which consists primarily of liptinite.

There are several international standards for coal.[16] The classification of coal is generally based on the content of volatiles. However the most important distinction is between thermal coal (also known as steam coal), which is burnt to generate electricity via steam; and metallurgical coal (also known as coking coal), which is burnt at high temperature to make steel.

Hilt's law

{{main|Hilt's law}}

Hilt's law is a geological observation that (within a small area) the deeper the coal is found, the higher its rank (or grade). It applies if the thermal gradient is entirely vertical; however, metamorphism may cause lateral changes of rank, irrespective of depth.

History

{{Further|History of coal mining}}

The earliest recognized use is from the Shenyang area of China where by 4000 BC Neolithic inhabitants had begun carving ornaments from black lignite.[17] Coal from the Fushun mine in northeastern China was used to smelt copper as early as 1000 BC.[18] Marco Polo, the Italian who traveled to China in the 13th century, described coal as "black stones ... which burn like logs", and said coal was so plentiful, people could take three hot baths a week.[19] In Europe, the earliest reference to the use of coal as fuel is from the geological treatise On stones (Lap. 16) by the Greek scientist Theophrastus (c. 371–287 BC):[20][21]

{{quote| Among the materials that are dug because they are useful, those known as anthrakes [coals] are made of earth, and, once set on fire, they burn like charcoal. They are found in Liguria ... and in Elis as one approaches Olympia by the mountain road; and they are used by those who work in metals.|Theophrastus, On Stones (16) translation}}Outcrop coal was used in Britain during the Bronze Age (3000–2000 BC), where it formed part of funeral pyres.[22][23] In Roman Britain, with the exception of two modern fields, "the Romans were exploiting coals in all the major coalfields in England and Wales by the end of the second century AD".[24] Evidence of trade in coal, dated to about AD 200, has been found at the Roman settlement at Heronbridge, near Chester; and in the Fenlands of East Anglia, where coal from the Midlands was transported via the Car Dyke for use in drying grain.[25] Coal cinders have been found in the hearths of villas and Roman forts, particularly in Northumberland, dated to around AD 400. In the west of England, contemporary writers described the wonder of a permanent brazier of coal on the altar of Minerva at Aquae Sulis (modern day Bath), although in fact easily accessible surface coal from what became the Somerset coalfield was in common use in quite lowly dwellings locally.[26] Evidence of coal's use for iron-working in the city during the Roman period has been found.[27] In Eschweiler, Rhineland, deposits of bituminous coal were used by the Romans for the smelting of iron ore.[24]

No evidence exists of the product being of great importance in Britain before about AD 1000, the High Middle Ages.[28] Mineral{{clarify|date=December 2018}} coal came to be referred to as "seacoal" in the 13th century; the wharf where the material arrived in London was known as Seacoal Lane, so identified in a charter of King Henry III granted in 1253.[29] Initially, the name was given because much coal was found on the shore, having fallen from the exposed coal seams on cliffs above or washed out of underwater coal outcrops,[28] but by the time of Henry VIII, it was understood to derive from the way it was carried to London by sea.[30] In 1257–1259, coal from Newcastle upon Tyne was shipped to London for the smiths and lime-burners building Westminster Abbey.[28] Seacoal Lane and Newcastle Lane, where coal was unloaded at wharves along the River Fleet, still exist.[31]

These easily accessible sources had largely become exhausted (or could not meet the growing demand) by the 13th century, when underground extraction by shaft mining or adits was developed.[22] The alternative name was "pitcoal", because it came from mines. The development of the Industrial Revolution led to the large-scale use of coal, as the steam engine took over from the water wheel. In 1700, five-sixths of the world's coal was mined in Britain. Britain would have run out of suitable sites for watermills by the 1830s if coal had not been available as a source of energy.[32] In 1947 there were some 750,000 miners in Britain[33] but the last deep coal mine in the UK closed in 2015.[34]

A grade between bituminous coal and anthracite was once known as 'steam coal' as it was widely used as a fuel for steam locomotives. In this specialized use, it is sometimes known as 'sea coal' in the US.[35] Small 'steam coal', also called dry small steam nuts (or DSSN) was used as a fuel for domestic water heating.

Sea coal continues to accumulate on beaches around the world from both natural erosion of exposed coal seams and windswept spills from cargo ships. Many homes in such areas gather sea coal as a significant, and sometimes primary, source of home heating fuel.[36] Scavenging sea coal for heating is still commonplace on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S.[37]

Emission Intensity

Emission intensity is the greenhouse gas emitted over the life of a generator per unit of electricity generated. Of the currently widely used methods of generating electricity the emission intensity of coal and oil is high, as they emit around 1000g of CO2eq for each kWh generated; natural gas and pumped hydro are medium emission intensity at around 500g CO2eq per kWh; and all other methods are typically low emission intensity of under 100g per kWh. The emission intensity of coal varies with type and generator technology and exceeds 1200g per kWh in some countries.[38]

Energy density

{{Main|Energy value of coal}}

The energy density of coal, that is its heating value, is roughly 24 megajoules per kilogram[39] (approximately 6.7 kilowatt-hours per kg). For a coal power plant with a 40% efficiency, it takes an estimated {{convert|325|kg|abbr=on}} of coal to power a 100 W lightbulb for one year.[40]

27.6% of world energy was supplied by coal in 2017 and Asia used almost three quarters of it.[41]

Chemistry

Content

Average content elements other than carbon
Substance Content
Mercury (Hg){{val|0.10|0.01|u=ppm}}[42]
Arsenic (As){{nowrap|1.4–71 ppm}}[43]
Selenium (Se){{nowrap|3 ppm}}[44]

Coking coal and use of coke to smelt iron

{{Main|Coke (fuel)}}

Coke is a solid carbonaceous residue derived from coking coal (a low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal, also known as metallurgical coal), which is used in manufacturing steel and other iron products.[45] Coke is made from coking coal by baking in an oven without oxygen at temperatures as high as 1,000 °C, driving off the volatile constituents and fusing together the fixed carbon and residual ash. Metallurgical coke is used as a fuel and as a reducing agent in smelting iron ore in a blast furnace.[46] The carbon monoxide produced by its combustion reduces hematite (an iron oxide) to iron.

Waste carbon dioxide is also produced (2Fe2O3 + 3C -> 4Fe + 3CO2 ) together with pig iron, which is too rich in dissolved carbon so must be treated further to make steel.

Coking coal should be low in ash, sulfur, and phosphorus, so that these do not migrate to the metal.[45]

The coke must be strong enough to resist the weight of overburden in the blast furnace, which is why coking coal is so important in making steel using the conventional route. Coke from coal is grey, hard, and porous and has a heating value of 29.6 MJ/kg. Some cokemaking processes produce byproducts, including coal tar, ammonia, light oils, and coal gas.

Petroleum coke (petcoke) is the solid residue obtained in oil refining, which resembles coke but contains too many impurities to be useful in metallurgical applications.

Use in foundry components {{anchor|Industrial processes|Sea coal}}

Finely ground bituminous coal, known in this application as sea coal, is a constituent of foundry sand. While the molten metal is in the mould, the coal burns slowly, releasing reducing gases at pressure, and so preventing the metal from penetrating the pores of the sand. It is also contained in 'mould wash', a paste or liquid with the same function applied to the mould before casting.[47] Sea coal can be mixed with the clay lining (the "bod") used for the bottom of a cupola furnace. When heated, the coal decomposes and the bod becomes slightly friable, easing the process of breaking open holes for tapping the molten metal.[48]

Alternatives to coke

Scrap steel can be recycled in an electric arc furnace; and an alternative to making iron by smelting is direct reduced iron, where any carbonaceous fuel can be used to make sponge or pelletised iron. To lessen carbon dioxide emissions in future hydrogen might be used as the reducing agent and biomass or waste as the source of carbon.[49]

Gasification

{{Main|Coal gasification|Underground coal gasification}}

Coal gasification, as part of an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal-fired power station, is used to produce syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO) and the hydrogen (H2) gas to fire gas turbines to produce electricity. Syngas can also be converted into transportation fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, through the Fischer-Tropsch process; alternatively, syngas can be converted into methanol, which can be blended into fuel directly or converted to gasoline via the methanol to gasoline process.[50] Gasification combined with Fischer-Tropsch technology is used by the Sasol chemical company of South Africa to make motor vehicle fuels from coal and natural gas.

During gasification, the coal is mixed with oxygen and steam while also being heated and pressurized. During the reaction, oxygen and water molecules oxidize the coal into carbon monoxide (CO), while also releasing hydrogen gas (H2). This used to be done in underground coal mines, and also to make town gas which was piped to customers to burn for illumination, heating, and cooking.

3C (as Coal) + O2 + H2O → H2 + 3CO

If the refiner wants to produce gasoline, the syngas is routed into a Fischer-Tropsch reaction. This is known as indirect coal liquefaction. If hydrogen is the desired end-product, however, the syngas is fed into the water gas shift reaction, where more hydrogen is liberated:

CO + H2O → CO2 + H2

Liquefaction

{{Main|Coal liquefaction}}

Coal can be converted directly into synthetic fuels equivalent to gasoline or diesel by hydrogenation or carbonization.[51] Coal liquefaction emits more carbon dioxide than liquid fuel production from crude oil. Mixing in biomass and using CCS would emit slightly less than the oil process but at a high cost.[52] State owned China Energy Investment runs a coal liquefaction plant and plans to build 2 more.[53]

Coal liquefaction may also refer to the cargo hazard when shipping coal.[54]

Production of chemicals

Chemicals have been produced from coal since the 1950s. Coal can be used as a feedstock in the production of a wide range of chemical fertilizers and other chemical products. The main route to these products is coal gasification to produce syngas. Primary chemicals that are produced directly from the syngas include methanol, hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which are the chemical building blocks from which a whole spectrum of derivative chemicals are manufactured, including olefins, acetic acid, formaldehyde, ammonia, urea and others. The versatility of syngas as a precursor to primary chemicals and high-value derivative products provides the option of using relatively inexpensive{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} coal to produce a wide range of valuable commodities.

Because the slate of chemical products that can be made via coal gasification can in general also use feedstocks derived from natural gas and petroleum, the chemical industry tends to use whatever feedstocks are most cost-effective. Therefore, interest in using coal tends to increase for higher oil and natural gas prices and during periods of high global economic growth that may strain oil and gas production. Also, production of chemicals from coal is of much higher interest in countries like South Africa, China, India and the United States{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} where there are abundant coal resources. The abundance of coal combined with lack of natural gas resources in China is a strong inducement for the coal to chemicals industry there. Similarly, Sasol has built and operated coal-to-chemicals facilities in South Africa.

Coal to chemical processes require substantial quantities of water. Much coal to chemical production is in China[55][56] where coal dependent provinces such as Shanxi are struggling to control its pollution.[57]

Coal as fuel to generate electricity

Precombustion treatment

{{Main|Refined coal}}

Refined coal is the product of a coal-upgrading technology that removes moisture and certain pollutants from lower-rank coals such as sub-bituminous and lignite (brown) coals. It is one form of several precombustion treatments and processes for coal that alter coal's characteristics before it is burned. Thermal efficiency improvements are achievable by improved pre-drying (especially relevant with high-moisture fuel such as lignite or biomass).[58] The goals of precombustion coal technologies are to increase efficiency and reduce emissions when the coal is burned. Precombustion technology can sometimes be used as a supplement to postcombustion technologies to control emissions from coal-fueled boilers.

Power plant combustion

{{Main|Fossil fuel power station|Thermal power station}}

Coal burnt as a solid fuel in coal power stations to generate electricity is called thermal coal. Coal is also used to produce very high temperatures through combustion. Efforts around the world to reduce the use of coal have led some regions to switch to natural gas and electricity from lower carbon sources.

When coal is used for electricity generation, it is usually pulverized and then burned in a furnace with a boiler.[59] The furnace heat converts boiler water to steam, which is then used to spin turbines which turn generators and create electricity.[60] The thermodynamic efficiency of this process varies between about 25% and 50% depending on the pre-combustion treatment, turbine technology (e.g. supercritical steam generator) and the age of the plant.[61][62][63][64]

A few integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants have been built, which burn coal more efficiently. Instead of pulverizing the coal and burning it directly as fuel in the steam-generating boiler, the coal is gasified to create syngas, which is burned in a gas turbine to produce electricity (just like natural gas is burned in a turbine). Hot exhaust gases from the turbine are used to raise steam in a heat recovery steam generator which powers a supplemental steam turbine. The overall plant efficiency when used to provide combined heat and power can reach as much as 94%.[65] IGCC power plants emit less local pollution than conventional pulverized coal-fueled plants; however the technology for carbon capture and storage after gasification and before burning has so far proved to be too expensive to use with coal.[66] Other ways to use coal are as coal-water slurry fuel (CWS), which was developed in the Soviet Union, or in an MHD topping cycle. However these are not widely used due to lack of profit.

In 2017 38% of the world's electricity came from coal, the same percentage as 30 years previously.[67] In 2018 global installed capacity was 2TW (of which 1TW is in China) which was 30% of total electricity generation capacity.[77] The most dependent major country is South Africa, with over 80% of its electricity generated by coal.[68]

The total known deposits recoverable by current technologies, including highly polluting, low-energy content types of coal (i.e., lignite, bituminous), is sufficient for many years. On the other hand, much may have to be left in the ground to avoid climate change,[69][70] so maximum use could be reached sometime in the 2020s.

Coal industry

{{main|:Category:Coal companies|Coal mining|Coal industry in China|Coal industry in Pakistan|Coal industry in India|Coal companies of Australia}}

Coal mining

{{main|Coal mining}}

About 8000 Mt of coal are produced annually, about 90% of which is hard coal and 10% lignite. As of 2018 just over half is from underground mines.[71] More accidents occur during underground mining than surface mining. Not all countries publish mining accident statistics so worldwide figures are uncertain but it is thought that most deaths occur in coal mining accidents in China: in 2017 there were 375 coal mining related deaths in China.[72] Most coal mined is thermal coal (also called steam coal as it is used to make steam to generate electricity) but metallurgical coal (also called "metcoal" or "coking coal" as it is used to make coke to make iron) accounts for 10% to 15% of global coal use.[73]

Legality of coal mining

A court in Australia has cited climate change in ruling against a new coal mine.[74]

Coal as a traded commodity

China mines almost half the world's coal, followed by India with about a tenth.[85] Australia accounts for about a third of world coal exports, followed by Indonesia and Russia; while the largest importers are Japan and India.

The price of metcoal is volatile[75] and much higher than the price of thermal coal because metcoal must be lower in sulfer and requires more cleaning.[76] Coal futures contracts provide coal producers and the electric power industry an important tool for hedging and risk management.

In some countries new onshore wind or solar generation already costs less than coal power from existing plants.[77][78] However, for China this is forecast for the early 2020s[79] and for south-east Asia not until the late 2020s.[80] In India building new plants is uneconomic and, despite being subsidized, existing plants are losing market share to renewables.[81]

Market trends

Of the countries which produce coal China mines by far the most, almost half the world's coal, followed by less than 10% by India. China is also by far the largest consumer. Therefore, market trends depend on Chinese energy policy.[82] Although the effort to reduce pollution means that the global long term trend is to burn less coal, the short and medium term trends may differ, in part due to Chinese financing of new coal-fired power plants in other countries.[83]

Major coal producers

{{See also|List of countries by coal production}}

Countries with annual production higher than 300 million tonnes are shown.

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Production of Coal by Country and year (million tonnes)
Country20002005201020152017Share
China 1,384 2,350 3,235 3,747 3,523 46%
India 335 429 574 678 716 9%
United States 974 1,027 984 813 702 9%
Australia 314 375 424 485 481 6%
Indonesia 77 152 275 392 461 6%
Russia 262 298 322 373 411 5%
World Total 4,726 6,035 7,255 7,862 7,727 100%

Major coal consumers

Countries with annual consumption higher than 500 million tonnes are shown. Shares are based on data expressed in tonnes oil equivalent.

[87]
Consumption of Coal by Country and year (million tonnes)[86]
Country200820092010201120122013201420152016Share
China 2,691 2,892 3,352 3,677 4,538 4,678 4,539 3,970 coal + 441 met coke = 4,411 3,784 coal + 430 met coke = 4,214 51%
India 582 640 655 715 841 837 880 890 coal + 33 met coke = 923 877 coal + 37 met coke = 914 11%
United States 1,017 904 951 910 889 924 918 724 coal + 12 met coke = 736 663 coal + 10 met coke = 673 9%
World Total 7,636 7,699 8,137 8,640 8,901 9,013 8,907 7,893 coal + 668 met coke = 8561 7,606 coal + 655 met coke = 8261 100%

Major coal exporters

Exports of Coal by Country and year (million tonnes)[88]
Country2016
Australia 391
Indonesia 369
Russia 165
Colombia 83
United States 54

Exporters are at risk of a reduction in import demand from India and China.[102]

Major coal importers

Imports of Coal by Country and year (million tonnes)[89]
Country2016
China 256
India 196
Japan 190
South Korea 128
Taiwan 66
Germany 58
Turkey 36

Damage to human health{{anchor|Health_effects}}

The use of coal as fuel causes ill health and deaths.[90]

The deadly London smog was caused primarily by the heavy use of coal. Globally coal is estimated to cause 800,000 premature deaths every year,[91] mostly in India[92] and China.[93][94][95]

Breathing in coal dust causes coalworker's pneumoconiosis which is known colloquially as "black lung", so-called because the coal dust literally turns the lungs black from their usual pink color.[96] In the United States alone, it is estimated that 1,500 former employees of the coal industry die every year from the effects of breathing in coal mine dust.[97]

Around 10% of coal is ash:[98] coal ash is hazardous and toxic to human beings and some other living things.[99] Coal ash contains the radioactive elements uranium and thorium. Coal ash and other solid combustion byproducts are stored locally and escape in various ways that expose those living near coal plants to radiation and environmental toxics.[100]

Huge amounts of coal ash and other waste is produced annually. Use of coal generates hundreds of millions of tons of ash and other waste products every year. These include fly ash, bottom ash, and flue-gas desulfurization sludge, that contain mercury, uranium, thorium, arsenic, and other heavy metals, along with non-metals such as selenium.[101]

Coal smokestack emissions cause asthma, strokes, reduced intelligence, artery blockages, heart attacks, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, mercury poisoning, arterial occlusion, and lung cancer.[102][103]

Annual health costs in Europe from use of coal to generate electricity are estimated at up to €43 billion.[104]

In China, improvements to air quality and human health would increase with more stringent climate policies, mainly because the country's energy is so heavily reliant on coal. And there would be a net economic benefit.[105]

A 2017 study in the Economic Journal found that for Britain during the period 1851–1860, "a one standard deviation increase in coal use raised infant mortality by 6–8% and that industrial coal use explains roughly one-third of the urban mortality penalty observed during this period."[106]

Damage to the environment

{{Main|Environmental impact of the coal industry}}Coal mining and coal fueling of power stations and industrial processes can cause major environmental damage.[107]

Water systems are affected by coal mining.[108] For example, mining affects groundwater and water table levels and acidity. Spills of fly ash, such as the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill, can also contaminate land and waterways, and destroy homes. Power stations that burn coal also consume large quantities of water. This can affect the flows of rivers, and has consequential impacts on other land uses. In areas of water scarcity, such as the Thar Desert in Pakistan, coal mining and coal power plants would use significant quantities of water.[109]

One of the earliest known impacts of coal on the water cycle was acid rain. Approximately 75 Tg/S per year of sulfur dioxide (SO2) is released from burning coal. After release, the sulfur dioxide is oxidized to gaseous H2SO2 which scatters solar radiation, hence its increase in the atmosphere exerts a cooling effect on climate. This beneficially masks some of the warming caused by increased greenhouse gases. However, the sulfur is precipitated out of the atmosphere as acid rain in a matter of weeks,[110] whereas carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. Release of SO2 also contributes to the widespread acidification of ecosystems.[111]

Disused coal mines can also cause issues. Subsidence can occur above tunnels, causing damage to infrastructure or cropland. Coal mining can also cause long lasting fires, and it has been estimated that thousands of coal seam fires are burning at any given time.[112] For example, Brennender Berg has been burning since 1668 and is still burning in the 21st century.[113]

The production of coke from coal produces ammonia, coal tar, and gaseous compounds as by-products which if discharged to land, air or waterways can pollute the environment.[114] The Whyalla steelworks is one example of a coke producing facility where liquid ammonia is discharged to the marine environment.

Underground fires

{{Main|Coal seam fire}}

Thousands of coal fires are burning around the world.[115] Those burning underground can be difficult to locate and many cannot be extinguished. Fires can cause the ground above to subside, their combustion gases are dangerous to life, and breaking out to the surface can initiate surface wildfires. Coal seams can be set on fire by spontaneous combustion or contact with a mine fire or surface fire. Lightning strikes are an important source of ignition. The coal continues to burn slowly back into the seam until oxygen (air) can no longer reach the flame front. A grass fire in a coal area can set dozens of coal seams on fire.[116][117] Coal fires in China burn an estimated 120 million tons of coal a year, emitting 360 million metric tons of CO2, amounting to 2–3% of the annual worldwide production of CO2 from fossil fuels.[118][119] In Centralia, Pennsylvania (a borough located in the Coal Region of the United States), an exposed vein of anthracite ignited in 1962 due to a trash fire in the borough landfill, located in an abandoned anthracite strip mine pit. Attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, and it continues to burn underground to this day. The Australian Burning Mountain was originally believed to be a volcano, but the smoke and ash come from a coal fire that has been burning for some 6,000 years.[120]

At Kuh i Malik in Yagnob Valley, Tajikistan, coal deposits have been burning for thousands of years, creating vast underground labyrinths full of unique minerals, some of them very beautiful.

The reddish siltstone rock that caps many ridges and buttes in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and in western North Dakota is called porcelanite, which resembles the coal burning waste "clinker" or volcanic "scoria".[121] Clinker is rock that has been fused by the natural burning of coal. In the Powder River Basin approximately 27 to 54 billion tons of coal burned within the past three million years.[122] Wild coal fires in the area were reported by the Lewis and Clark Expedition as well as explorers and settlers in the area.[123]

Global Warming

The largest and most long term effect of coal use is the release of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that causes climate change and global warming. Coal is the largest contributor to the human-made increase of CO2 in the atmosphere,[124] 40% of the total.[125] Coal mining can emit methane, another greenhouse gas.[126]

In 2016 world gross carbon dioxide emissions from coal usage were 14.5 giga tonnes.[127] For every megawatt-hour generated, coal-fired electric power generation emits around a tonne of carbon dioxide, which is double the approximately 500 kg of carbon dioxide released by a natural gas-fired electric plant.[128] In 2013, the head of the UN climate agency advised that most of the world's coal reserves should be left in the ground to avoid catastrophic global warming.[129]

Coal pollution mitigation

{{Main|Coal pollution mitigation}}{{See also|Clean coal technology}}

"Clean" coal technology usually addresses atmospheric problems resulting from burning coal. Historically, the primary focus was on SO2 and NOx, the most important gases which caused acid rain; and particulates which cause visible air pollution, illness and premature deaths. SO2 can be removed by flue-gas desulfurization and NO2 by selective catalytic reduction (SCR). Particulates can be removed with electrostatic precipitators. Although perhaps less efficient wet scrubbers can remove both gases and particulates. And mercury emissions can be reduced up to 95%.[130] However capturing carbon dioxide emissions is generally not economically viable.

Standards

Local pollution standards include GB13223-2011 (China), India,[131] the Industrial Emissions Directive (EU) and the Clean Air Act (United States).

Satellite Monitoring

Satellite monitoring is now used to crosscheck national data, for example Sentinel-5 Precursor has shown that Chinese control of SO2 has only been partially successful.[132] It has also revealed that low use of technology such as SCR has resulted in high NO2 emissions in South Africa and India.[133]

Combined cycle power plants

A few Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal-fired power plants have been built with coal gasification. Although they burn coal more efficiently and therefore emit less pollution, the technology has not generally proved economically viable for coal, except possibly in Japan although this is controversial.[134][135]

Carbon capture and storage

Although still being intensively researched and considered economically viable for some uses other than with coal; carbon capture and storage has been tested at the Petra Nova and Boundary Dam coal-fired power plants and has been found to be technically feasible but not economically viable for use with coal, due to reductions in the cost of solar PV technology.[136]

Economics

In the long term coal and oil could cost the world trillions of dollars.[137] Coal alone may cost Australia billions,[138] whereas costs to some smaller companies or cities could be on the scale of millions of dollars.[139] The economies most damaged by coal (via climate change) may be India and the US as they are the countries with the highest social cost of carbon.[140] Bank loans to finance coal are a risk to the Indian economy.[92]

China is the largest producer of coal in the world. It is the world's largest energy consumer, and coal in China supplies 60% of its primary energy. However two fifths of China's coal power stations are estimated to be loss-making.[79]

Air pollution from coal storage and handling costs the USA almost 200 dollars for every extra ton stored, due to PM2.5.[141] Coal pollution costs the EU €43 billion each year.[142] Measures to cut air pollution benefit individuals financially and the economies of countries[143][144] such as China.[145]

Subsidies

Broadly defined total subsidies for coal in 2015 have been estimated at around US$2.5 trillion, about 3% of global GDP.[146] In the EU state aid to new coal-fired plants is expected to be banned from mid-2019 and to existing coal-fired plants from 2025. However government funding for new coal power plants is being supplied via Exim Bank of China,[147] the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Indian public sector banks.[148] Coal in Kazakhstan was the main recipient of coal consumption subsidies totalling US$2 billion in 2017.[149] Coal in Turkey benefited from substantial subsidies.

Stranded assets

Some coal-fired power stations could become stranded assets, for example China Energy Investment, the world's largest power company, risks losing half its capital.[79] However state owned electricity utilities such as Eskom in South Africa, Perusahaan Listrik Negara in Indonesia, Sarawak Energy in Malaysia, Taipower in Taiwan, EGAT in Thailand, Vietnam Electricity and EÜAŞ in Turkey are building or planning new plants.[147]

Politics

Countries building or financing new coal-fired power stations, such as Japan, face mounting international criticism for obstructing the aims of the Paris Agreement.[83] And Australia is being criticised by the Pacific Islands.[169]

Corruption

Allegations of corruption are being investigated in India[150] and China.[151]

Opposition to coal

Opposition to coal pollution was one of the main reasons the modern environmental movement started in the 19th century.

Transition away from coal

{{See also|Fossil fuel phase-out#Coal}}

In order to meet global climate goals and provide power to those that don't currently have it coal power must be reduced from nearly 10,000TWh to less than 2,000TWh by 2040.[152] Many countries, such as the Powering Past Coal Alliance, have already or are transitioned away from coal;[153] the largest transition announced so far being Germany which is due to shutdown its last coal-fired power station between 2035 and 2038.[154] Some countries use the ideas of a "just transition", for example to use some of the benefits of transition to provide early pensions for coal miners.[155] However low lying Pacific Islands are concerned the transition is not fast enough and that they will be inundated by sea level rise; so they have called for OECD countries to completely phase out coal by 2030 and other countries by 2040.[156]

Peak coal

{{main|Peak coal}}

Although many countries have coal underground not all will be consumed.

Of the three fossil fuels, coal has the most widely distributed resources. Coal is mined on all continents except Antarctica. However many such resources have no economic value (much value has been destroyed by shale gas fracking).[157] The largest resources are found in the United States, Russia, China, Australia and India:

Proved reserves at end 2017 (billion tonnes)[158][8]
CountryAnthracite & BituminousSubBituminous & LigniteTotalPercentage of World Total
United States2213025124
Russia709016016
Australia687714514
China131813913
India935989
World Total 7183171035100

Nowadays "peak coal" means the point in time when consumption of coal reaches a maximum. As of 2018 global peak coal consumption is predicted to occur by the early 2020s at the latest.[159]

Switch to cleaner fuels and lower carbon electricity generation

{{See also|Natural gas#Power generation}}

Coal-fired generation puts out about twice the amount of carbon dioxide—around a tonne for every megawatt hour generated—than electricity generated by burning natural gas at 500 kg of greenhouse gas per megawatt hour.[160] In addition to generating electricity, natural gas is also popular in some countries for heating and as an automotive fuel.

The use of coal in the United Kingdom declined as a result of the development of North Sea oil and the subsequent dash for gas during the 1990s. In Canada some coal power plants, such as the Hearn Generating Station, switched from coal to natural gas. In 2017, coal power in the United States provided 30% of the electricity, down from approximately 49% in 2008,[161][183][162] due to plentiful supplies of low cost natural gas obtained by hydraulic fracturing of tight shale formations.[163]

[164]

Coal regions in transition

Some coal-mining regions are highly dependent on coal.

Employment

Some coal miners are concerned their jobs may be lost in the transition.[165]

Bioremediation

The white rot fungus Trametes versicolor can grow on and metabolize naturally occurring coal.[166] The bacteria Diplococcus has been found to degrade coal, raising its temperature.[167]

Cultural usage

Coal is the official state mineral of Kentucky[168] and the official state rock of Utah;[169] both U.S. states have a historic link to coal mining.

Some cultures hold that children who misbehave will receive only a lump of coal from Santa Claus for Christmas in their christmas stockings instead of presents.

It is also customary and considered lucky in Scotland and the North of England to give coal as a gift on New Year's Day. This occurs as part of First-Footing and represents warmth for the year to come.

See also

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  • {{annotated link|Coal assay}}
  • {{annotated link|Coal blending}}
  • {{annotated link|Coal homogenization}}
  • {{annotated link|Coal measures}} (stratigraphic unit)
  • {{annotated link|Coal phase out}}
  • {{annotated link|Coal-tar}}
  • {{annotated link|Coalbed methane}}
  • {{annotated link|Environmental issues with coal}}
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  • {{annotated link|Gyttja|Gytta}}
  • {{annotated link|Major coal producing regions}}
  • {{annotated link|Mountaintop removal mining}}
  • {{annotated link|The Coal Question}}
  • {{annotated link|Tonstein}}
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Further reading

  • {{cite book | last = Walter Licht| first = Thomas Dublin| year = 2005 | title = The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century | publisher = Cornell University Press | isbn = 978-0-8014-8473-5 | oclc = 60558740}}
  • {{cite book |last= Long|first= Priscilla |title= Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry |year= 1991 |publisher= Paragon House |location= New York|isbn= 978-1-55778-465-0 |oclc= 25236866}}
  • {{cite book | last = Rottenberg | first = Dan | year = 2003 | title = In the Kingdom of Coal; An American Family and the Rock That Changed the World | publisher = Routledge | isbn = 978-0-415-93522-7 | oclc = 52348860}}
  • {{cite journal|author1=Robert H. Williams |author2=Eric D. Larson |title=A comparison of direct and indirect liquefaction technologies for making fluid fuels from coal |journal=Energy for Sustainable Development |date = December 2003|volume=VII |issue=4 |pages=103–29 |url=http://www.ieiglobal.org/ESDVol7No4/dclversussicl.pdf |doi=10.1016/s0973-0826(08)60382-8 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528192924/http://www.ieiglobal.org/ESDVol7No4/dclversussicl.pdf |archivedate=28 May 2006 }}
  • {{cite book |last= Outwater |first= Alice |title= Water: A Natural History |year= 1996 |publisher= Basic Books |location= New York|isbn= 978-0-465-03780-3 |oclc= 37785911}}
  • {{cite book |last= Smith |first= Duane A. |title= Mining America: The Industry and the Environment, 1800–1980 |year =1993|publisher= University Press of Kansas |location= Lawrence, KS |isbn= 978-0-87081-306-1 |page= 210}}
  • {{cite book |last = Freese |first = Barbara|title = Coal: A Human History|year = 2003|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn = 978-0-7382-0400-0 |oclc = 51449422}}

External links

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  • [https://coaltransitions.org/ Coal Transitions]
  • World Coal Association
  • Coal Online – International Energy Agency
  • Coal Research at the National Energy Technology Laboratory
  • [https://coalexit.org/ CoalExit]
  • European Association for Coal and Lignite
  • Coal news and industry magazine
  • Global Coal Plant Tracker
  • {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Coal|volume=6|pages=574–93|short=1}}
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