The Use of Coal for Electrical Energy Generation

    Coal for Electrical Energy Generation

Modern life is unimaginable without electricity Electrical Energy. It lights houses, buildings, streets, provides domestic and industrial heat, and powers most equipment used in homes, offices and machinery in factories. Improving access to electricity worldwide is critical to alleviating poverty.

Coal plays a vital role in electricity generation worldwide. Coal-fuelled power plants currently fuel 38% of global electricity and, in some countries, coal fuels a higher percentage of electricity.

Coal accounted for nearly 25 % of OECD Europe’s net electricity generation in 2008,
5 % lower than in 2007, but concerns about the contribution of CO2 emissions to climate
change could reduce that share in the future. Coal is the predominant fuel used for
electricity generation worldwide. In 2010, coal-fired generation accounted for 40 % of
overall worldwide electricity generation and it is expected to grow at a 1.8 % annual rate
from 2010 to2 040. In 2040, total world electricity generation from coal ise xpected to be
73 % higher than the 2010 level, although coal’s share of the electricity market is
expected to fall to 36 % in 2040; this represents a 4 % decrease during the next 30 years.
The OECD nations will reduce their reliance on coal-fired electricity generation due to
environmental factors, particularly in OECD Europe, playing a sizable role in the
reduction (IEA 2013). According to the IEO (2010) report, it is expected that electricity
from coal slowly loses its prominence in OECD Europe and ultimately falling behind
renewables, natural gas and, in some countries, nuclear energy as a source of electricity.
 . In OECD America, the use of coal for electricity generation will slightly decrease: Coal is, and it is expected to continue to be, the fossil fuel with the highest participation in the world electricity
generation until at least 2040, followed by the use of different renewable energy in the European region, switching towards natural gas (against coal) was apparent in the first half of 2010, particularly in some large markets in the North West of the region such as the
Netherlands, the UK, France, and even Germany, while the picture was relatively
different in Southern Europe where the electricity produced from natural gas was at 2009 levels in Italy and even lower in Spain due to increase hydro and wind electricity generation.
However, a strong shift from coal to the use of natural gas for electricity generation within the EU will have a significant negative consequences for the security of energy supply, Europe, after 2015 the use of renewable energy sources is expected to be the type of energy fuel with the highest participation in electricity generation at least until 2040, followed by natural gas, nuclear power, coal and liquid fuels.