Monthly Archives: March 2014

There are over 860 billion tonnes of proven coal reserves worldwide. This means that there is enough coal to last us around 118 years at current rates of production.  In comparison to this, proven oil and gas reserves are equivalent to around 46 and 59 years at current production levels. Coal outlasts oil and gas combined. Continue Reading

[Source:  http://www.worldcoal.org/resources/coal-statistics/coal-matters/] The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global electricity demand could double between 2009 and 2035 as more people get basic access to electricity around the world and household energy consumption grows in the developing world. During the same period, global steel demand is likely to go up by around 60%, as a result Continue Reading

[Source:  http://www.worldcoal.org/resources/coal-statistics/coal-matters/] Almost half of the world’s additional energy demand over the past ten years was provided by coal. All other fuels combined, including oil, natural gas, renewables and nuclear energy, accounted for the other half. In fact, every year over the last decade coal has been the world’s fastest growing energy source, driven by Continue Reading

Source:  [http://www.iol.co.za/] Are the rolling blackouts of last Thursday the beginning of the end for South Africa’s national power grid? At the very least, Eskom owes us a reliable answer to that question while, in all previous explanations for failure, we have had nothing but a web of evasion. In case its incompetence is irreversible, Continue Reading