CO2 emissions from fuel combustion
2016 was a new year of stable CO2 emissions
World
-5.8%
Drop of CO2 emissions in the United Kingdom in 2016.
2016 was a new year of stable CO2 emissions
For third consecutive years, global CO2-energy emissions have remained stable around 31.5 GtCO2. The stagnation observed in 2016 stemmed from both weak economic growth, reductions in energy intensity and changes in the fuel mix, and in particular the further decline of coal demand in China and the USA.
The reduced use of coal in China within its energy mix enabled the country to continue to stabilize its CO2 energy-related emissions which commenced in 2014.
The USA also recorded a drop of its emissions thanks to its ongoing move from coal to the less polluting natural gas. However, the 2016 reduction was half that of 2015.
Because of their challenging economic situation, Brazil and Venezuela have been among the largest contributors to CO2 emissions reduction, while the UK performed well thanks to the fall of its coal demand.
Conversely, the countries with coal intensive use such as India, Indonesia and Turkey have driven their emissions upward.
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Oct
CNPC commissions a 1.8 bcm/year long gas pipeline connecting Shanghai (China)
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has started to operate the third natural gas pipeline connecting Shanghai. The 88-km long facility connects Shanghai’s Chongming island with the Rudong coastal LNG terminal (Jiangshu province, China). It has an annual capacity of 1.84 bcm/year and is expected to meet Shanghai's growing demand.
12
Oct
Kazakhstan will supply uranium to new Chinese nuclear plants starting from 2019
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy announced that it will begin to supply uranium to five Chinese nuclear plants starting from 2019 onwards. The facilities are currently under construction and will be supplied with uranium fuel from Kazakhstan. The country is a key uranium producer, with around 40% of the worldwide production and 12% of the uranium reserves, ahead of Canada and Australia. The state-run company KazAtomProm has reduced the level of its uranium production by 10% for 2017 due to a 47% drop in world uranium prices at the beginning of the year.
10
Oct
Chevron's Wheatstone LNG first train comes onstream (Australia)
Chevron has started to produce LNG at the Wheatstone project (12 km west of Onslow, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia). The first liquefaction train is now operational while the second train is scheduled to start production between March and May 2018. Chevron intends to send the first LNG shipment in a few weeks.
04
Oct
Chubu Electric's 1.2 GW Nishi Nagoya 7-1 achieved commercial operation (Japan)
Chubu Electric Power reported that the 1,188 MW Nishi Nagoya 7-1 gas-fired power generation unit has achieved commercial operation. General Electric (GE) was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and delivered six 7HA gas turbines.
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