Coal
(asked on 2nd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the demand for coal has been excluding electricity generation in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
The table below gives the demand for coal excluding electricity generation from 2010 - 2017:
| UK coal demand (thousand tonnes) (1) |
2010 | 9,827 |
2011 | 9,658 |
2012 | 9,141 |
2013 | 10,333 |
2014 | 10,061 |
2015 | 8,121 |
2016 | 5,689 |
2017 | 5,459 |
(1) Includes coal used for heat generation, coke manufacture, blast furnaces, patent fuel manufacture, energy used in coal extraction and final consumption by industry, transport, domestic and other users.
Source: Energy Trends table 2.1 June 2018 available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends