EIA Projects That U.S. Coal Demand Will Remain Flat for Several Decades - The Energy Collective

EIA Projects That U.S. Coal Demand Will Remain Flat for Several Decades - The Energy Collective: EIA projects U.S. coal disposition—domestic demand and coal exports—to remain relatively flat through 2050 in the Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case, even as many coal-fired power plants are retired. Coal disposition for the next three decades averages 750 million short tons per year (MMst), down from the peak of nearly 1.2 billion tons in 2008. Coal …