{"id":169,"date":"2014-09-11T16:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euracoal.wordpress.com\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2014-09-11T16:42:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:42:25","slug":"key-messages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pipe.euracoal.biz\/?page_id=169","title":{"rendered":"Key messages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exploiting natural resources creates jobs and adds to economic wealth. Coal is the EU’s most abundant energy resource. In these times of economic recovery, we can look forward to a transition fuelled by coal, not dirty old coal of the past, but with modern clean coal technologies fit for the 21st<\/sup> century and in use today in Europe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clean energy:<\/strong> since 1990, coal-related CO2<\/sub> emissions have decreased by over 70%; the latest coal plants cut CO2<\/sub> emissions by 30% or more; sulphur dioxide emissions have fallen 80% since 1990 and other pollutant emissions have been massively cut.
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Abundant, affordable and available:<\/strong> in the EU, 92% of our non-renewable energy reserves lie in coal beds.<\/p>\n

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92% of the EU\u2019s energy reserves are in the form of coal and lignite (BGR, 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Competitive energy:<\/strong> without inter-fuel competition from coal, we would be faced with much higher energy prices for industrial and residential electricity.<\/p>\n

Base-load power generation:<\/strong> given the intermittency of renewables, coal and other conventional fuels will be needed for many years to come.<\/p>\n

Quality jobs and wealth creation:<\/strong> coal is a large and mature industry that employs over one quarter of a million people in well-paid jobs across the greater Europe including the Balkans, Turkey and Ukraine, and many more at the suppliers of equipment and materials.<\/p>\n

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Horse racing at Most hippodrome \u2013 the site of a restored brown coal mine in the Czech Republic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Secure energy:<\/strong> in 2020, the EU spent \u20ac172 billion on energy imports \u2013 1.3% of GDP \u2013 a burden that coal can reduce.<\/p>\n

Flexible energy:<\/strong> coal- and gas-fired power plants are equally capable of balancing the intermittent output from wind turbines and solar PV panels.<\/p>\n

Sustainable energy:<\/strong> by embracing new technologies, coal and other energy sources have a bright future \u2013 all will be needed to meet the forecast growth in demand. Europe\u2019s coal-fired power plants offers a low-cost route to balance the growing share of renewable energy sources during the energy transition.<\/p>\n

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\"GermanyThe energy supply of the 21st<\/sup> century is more than ever shaped by coal. Almost all emerging economies trust in coal as a safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable basis for their development.<\/p>\n

According to estimates of the International Energy Agency (IEA), coal will have the same importance as oil for the world-wide supply of energy until 2030.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On a global scale, coal is No.1 for power generation with substantial potential for further technological development and cost-effective climate protection.<\/p>\n

\"UKCarbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is important for international climate protection policies; it is expected to deliver one fifth of very ambitious GHG reductions by 2050. For CCS to become commercial in the next decades, CCS has to be fully demonstrated in this decade.<\/p>\n

\"NEUAn efficient and affordable CO2<\/sub> transport network on European level is needed and the EU should actively promote the creation of a CO2<\/sub> infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Coal utilisation can co-exist with the development of power generation based more and more on renewables. Coal-fired power plants are able to meet the variable feed in of larger quantities of power from renewables flexibly and so cover the gaps in supply.<\/p>\n

EURACOAL highlights the following three priorities:<\/p>\n

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  • the slowdown of investment in coal-fired power plants;<\/li>\n
  • a rational EU energy policy that values a diversified energy mix, including a role for coal during the energy transition;<\/li>\n
  • the successful demonstration of CCS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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