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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May
Kansai Electric's Ohi-4 nuclear reactor resumes power generation (Japan)
The fourth unit of Kansai Electric's Ohi nuclear power plant (Ohi-4) in the Fukui prefecture of Japan has resumed power generation ans is expected to re-enter commercial operation in June 2018. The 1,127 MW pressurized water reactor (PWR), along with similar Ohi-3 reactor, was shut down in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The two units were given permission to restart in August 2012 but were taken offline again by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) in September 2013. Ohi-3 already restarted in March 2018 and resumed commercial operation in April 2018.
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May
1.2 GW Haveli Bahadur Shah CCGT project comes onstream (Pakistan)
The 1,230 MW Haveli Bahadur Shah CCGT power plant project in Jhang (Punjab, Pakistan) has been commissioned and entered the commercial operations phase. This power plant, operated by the Pakistani state-run company National Power Parks Management (NPPMCL), is one of Pakistan's most efficient combined cycle power plants currently in operation. It is made of 9HA gas turbines, a steam turbine and two heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) supplied by General Electric (GE) .
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May
US coal production expected to decline in 2018
In its latest Short Term Energy Outlook, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts the country's coal production to decline 2.7% year-on-year to 751 Mt for 2018, and remain relatively unchanged at 752 Mt for 2019. The EIA attributes the projected production decrease to a forecast decline of 4% in power-sector coal consumption to 640 Mt for 2018 (633 Mt for 2019) and a 9% decline in coal exports to 88 Mt for 2018 (85 Mt for 2019).
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May
BP will triple oil production from Kirkuk oil fields (Iraq)
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced that BP has signed an agreement to triple oil production from six oil fields in Iraq's northern Kirkuk region to more than 1 mb/d, concluding several rounds of negotiations since October 2017. The region's oil production had been entirely controlled by the Kurdistan regional government between 2014 and October 2017, before Iraq's central government launched a military operation to reclaim the oil fields.
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