Aus.Energy_5_Coal澳大利亚的煤炭资源.pdfVIP

Chapter 5 Coal 5.1 Summary K e y m e s s a g e s ? Australia is the fourth largest producer, the largest exporter, and has the fourth largest reserves of coal in the world. ? Coal accounts for around three quarters of Australia’s electricity generation, with coal-fired power stations located in every mainland state. ? Australia is well-placed to take advantage of increasing global demand for coal because of its large low-cost, high quality reserves. ? In export markets, coal remains the fastest growing fuel, driven by strong investment in coal-fired power stations in China and other developing economies. ? Within Australia, the share of coal in the energy mix is expected to decrease with the Renewable Energy Target and a proposed emissions reduction target. ? Government and industry initiatives are expected to play important roles in accelerating the construction, demonstration and commercial deployment of large-scale integrated carbon capture and storage CCS projects. ? Continuing investment in infrastructure will be necessary to enable Australia to remain a major player in the world coal market. 131 5.1.1 World coal resources and market 5.1.2 Australia’s coal resources ? World coal production and consumption was ? Coal is Australia’s largest energy resource. It is low 6.7 billion tonnes Gt or around 133 000 cost and located close to areas of demand. petajoules PJ in 2008, and has grown at a ? Australia has substantial reserves of both black rate of 5.2 per cent per year since 2000. and brown coal, including high quality thermal ? Global proved coal reserves both black and brown and metallurgical coal. were estimated at 826 Gt at the end of 2008. ? At end of 2008, Australia’s recoverable Economic ? Trade in black coal was 939 million tonnes Demonstrated Resources EDR of black coal Mt in 2008, with thermal coal at 704 Mt and amounted to 39.2 Gt, some 6 per cent of the metallurgical coal at 235 Mt. world’s recoverable EDR. In addit