Coal Globally

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The world's insatiable need for energy ... and why coal remains the preferred option in developing countries

Global demand for energy continues to grow. Going back five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA), World Energy Outlook 2016, forecast global energy use grow by 30.5% by 2040, driven primarily by Asia,...

Coal is compressed and altered plant material that forms layers in rocks, a process taking many millions of years.



Dense forests at periods in the Earth's geological history became flooded, and the organic material of which plants are made were buried under layers of sediment. Over time the pressure of...