This is a Crunch Year for Coal and the UK Coal Industry
02.01.2013 20:55
In 2012, coal as source of energy for power generation purposes has gone through a period of resurgence. Recent statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change show a near 50% increase in the use of coal for power generation purposes so far in 2012 when compared to 2011. By October, the consumption of coal for power generation purposes for the first 9 months of 2012, at 44.3m tonnes, had already exceeded the total amount of coal, 41.86m tonnes, used in 2011. However, what we could be witnessing is coal’s swan song.
Original article on IMC Scotland:
http://www.indymediascotland.org/node/32295