Posted on 04/19/2025 8:20:21 PM PDT by Red Badger
Just in time for the age of graphene and carbon fiber.
Anyone live near St.Clair Michigan? There used to be 2 Coal fired power stations running up there on the St Clair River.
One, has the covered conveyer belts bridged over Jefferson(river drive)or might be Gratiot up that far. Are those plants still there or did they tear them down?
Do you think they will fire back up with the coal restrictions lifted??
YES!!! Yes yes yes yes YES!!!!
you have a lot of catching up to do!
World Population Review: Number of Coal Power Plants by Country 2025
#1 China: 3,168 in operation 2024; 289 under construction 2024; 405 in pre-construction 2024
#3 U.S.A.: 408 in operation 2024; 2 in pre-construction 2024
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country
1 April: Power Mag: China Coal-Fired Generation Additions Tied to Economics, Energy Security
by Darrell Proctor, Senior Editor
A February report from Europe’s Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), and the U.S.-based Global Energy Monitor (GEM), said China began building 94.5 GW of new coal-fired generation capacity in 2024, the most in any year since 2015. The report said work resumed on another 3.3 GW of generation capacity projects that had been suspended. The groups’ research noted that “Instead of replacing coal, clean energy is being layered on top of an entrenched reliance on fossil fuels,” adding that “A substantial number of new plants will come online in the next 2–3 years, further solidifying coal’s role in the power system.”...
The continued buildout of coal-fired generation is seemingly at odds with declarations from Chinese President Xi Jinping, who a few years ago said his country—which receives more than half its power generation from coal—would look to peak its carbon emissions in 2030, and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. The report from the two research groups said China accounted for 93% of all construction starts for coal-fired power plants (Figure 1) worldwide last year...
China’s coal mines last year boosted production to record highs, and the country also continues as the world’s leading importer and consumer of coal. The country last year extended its lead in imports over India, the second-largest buyer of coal, to the widest margin since at least 2013, according to industry data. Chinese coal imports reached a record 542.7 million metric tons in 2024, according to customs data, or more than twice as much as the 250.2 million tons imported by India. Data showed that India’s imports of thermal coal, primarily used for power generation, dropped about 3% in 2024. China’s imports of thermal coal, meanwhile, rose about 13%...
Brad Kuntz, senior managing director at Stax Consulting, said, “China’s energy output has doubled since 2011, driven primarily by ongoing industrialization. This growth contrasts with major economies like Japan, Germany, and the U.S., where energy output has remained flat or declined over the same period...
The country also has about 140 billion tons of coal available for mining, meaning production and consumption of the fuel is key for the economy...
Mongolian officials recently said that country plans to increase its coal exports to China by nearly 20% in 2025. A new cross-border rail link between the countries will support those exports. Australia also has increased its exports of coal to China, and Indonesia is expected to remain the top exporter, providing more than half of China’s imports of the fuel.
https://www.powermag.com/china-coal-fired-generation-additions-tied-to-economics-energy-security/
We can only hope!
I can dig it
Coal’s future looked pretty black for a while there.
GOOD!
Coal energy is cleaner than ever what with the new technology to deal with emissions.
We have to use ALL sources of energy. It’s called wisdom.
I work in the industry. No way will DTE start up retired coal plants, because although the Federal Government is removing road blocks to coal, the State government (Whitmer/Democrats) has control of approving the generation mix that state utilities will use to meet demand. They will never approve coal. Other coal friendly states, however will approve keeping soon yo be retired plants on line and possibly bringing back recently retired plants.
I guess its better to buy from Canada’s Coal fired plants!!??
The power available in the Detroit\Great Lakes region likely is from hydro. If your someplace else, then there may be a coal source. The Canadians I know refer to electricity as hydro.
btt!
Canada is even crazier than we are in hating coal. They have a lot of gas plants, nuclear plants, and alot of hydro plants (running water from a reservoir to spin turbines). They are refurbishing even more nuclear plants that will be on line in about 3 years. And of course putting up stupid wind and solar plants all over the place. Michigan relies on a lot of gas fired plants, and is actually working on starting up the Palisades nuclear plant in South Haven that was shut down 2 years ago….aaaaaand putting up significant capacity of stupid wind and solar plants.
The southeast coastline of Lake St. Clair(Canada) is a littered eyesore of windmills visible on clearer days for miles. I see them every time out on my boat!! ...and dude... I know what hydroelectric power is! lol....
No disrespect intended on explanation of hydro, sit-rep. Just figured some readers may not know that.
I forgot to mention the Canadians who call electricity hydro all lived in the Great Lakes or areas where rapid flowing water could be used to turn turbines.
i do the same thing sometimes but that was teetering on the edge lol...
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