Coal remains world's fastest growing fossil fuel: BP review - Coal

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Coal remained the world's fastest-growing fossil fuel in 2012, despite the rate of consumption slipping below the 10-year average of 4.4% during the year, according to the BP 2013 Statistical Review of World Energy released Wednesday.

Total global coal consumption in 2012 rose 2.5% on the year to 3.73 billion mt of oil equivalent.

The Asia-Pacific region accounted for 69.9% of global coal consumption in 2012, burning 2.61 billion mt of oil equivalent.

Despite China's coal consumption growth rate falling to a below-average 6.1%, the country still accounted for all of the net growth in coal burn and accounted for more than half of global coal consumption (50.2 %) for the first time, BP said.

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It was followed by China, which saw a 9.9% rise to 143.8 Bcm, and Japan, where consumption grew 10.3% to 116.7 Bcm.
Consumption in the EU fell by 2.3% to 443.9 Bcm, while in the Former Soviet Union, it fell 2.6% to 584.9 Bcm.
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It was followed by China, which saw a 9.9% rise to 143.8 Bcm, and Japan, where consumption grew 10.3% to 116.7 Bcm.
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