US production of all types of coal in decline
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US production of all types of coal has declined over the past two decades, including 2024.
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According to Seth Feaster, IEEFA, coal use at US power plants is continuing its downward spiral; with the full impact on mines to be felt in 2024.
In its Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (AEO2023), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has projected that US coal-fired generating capacity will drop below half of 2022 levels by 2050.
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), in 2021, coal exports from the US increased by 23% to 85 million t from 69 million t in 2020.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has reported that while renewable resources will be the largest contributor to the growth in electricity generation through 2050, certain regions will still mainly use coal resources for electricity generation.
Annual US coal-fired electricity generation is set to increase in 2021 for the first time since 2014.
According to the US EIA, February 2021’s increase in coal-fired electric generation reduced US coal stockpiles.
Combustible by-product production in the US electric power industry decreased from 135.1 million short t in 2010 to 88.7 million short t in 2019, a 34% decline.
2020 marked the first time that coal was not the largest or second-largest source of annual electricity generation in the US since at least 1949, but the EIA expects coal-fired electricity generation to increase in both 2021 and 2022.
The Energy Information Administration has reported that in 2020, US coal exports declined to 69 million short t, a 26% decrease from 93 million short t in 2019.
