So Thanks Joe Biden <invalid@dont-email.me> sez to me they sez:
>European countries poised to use more coal in winter
>
>Share of coal in power generation could reach above 20% by year end,
>Euracoal secretary-general says
>
>BRUSSELS
>
>Many European countries plan to burn more coal this winter due to the
>energy crisis, according to the Secretary-General of the European
>Association for Coal and Lignite (Euracoal) Brian Ricketts on Tuesday.
>
>Ricketts told Anadolu Agency that many European countries, including
>Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland,
>Hungary, Czechia, Greece and the UK have the potential to generate
>electricity from coal, given that they can either reopen coal power
>plants or extend their operating period.
>
>Despite the energy crunch, he said that Europeans do not consider coal
>as a "knight in shining armor", but merely "a welcome arrival on the
>scene."
>
>He argued that reliance on imported gas was a mistake and the European
>Commission�s stance is to pursue the renewables agenda even harder.
>
>Nonetheless, he recommended that the EU take steps to relax certain coal
>regulations to mitigate the negative effects of the energy crisis and
>fill the gap left by natural gas.
>
>"The whole point of the actions that we are taking is to maintain some
>sort of stability during a difficult situation," he said.
>
>Uncertainties caused by the Russia-Ukraine war have given rise to
>unprecedented gains in natural gas and electricity prices and coal
>prices have not escaped, quadrupling over the last year to as high as
>over $400 per ton.
>
>Nonetheless, Ricketts anticipates that coal prices for September future
>contracts in European markets, which are currently trading at $405 per
>ton from $100 in this period last year and $60 a year earlier, would
>not sustain at this level.
>
>"It is impossible to make any predictions from where we are. You've seen
>how spiky prices have been. So, prices are firstly at historic high
>levels and secondly, very volatile. So you cannot make predictions in
>such a market," he said.
>
>He expects that the share of coal in electricity production in the EU,
>which stood at 15% overall last year, could rise to over 20% by the end
>of the year.
>
>The EU imposed a coal import ban starting from mid-August within the
>scope of its sanctions against Russia, resulting in high coal stocks at
>ports.
>
>Before the sanctions, Russia was the country that supplied the most coal
>to EU countries, marking about 25% of its coal exports.
>
>The EU was dependent on Russia for 45% of its coal imports and 70% of
>its thermal coal supplies.
>
>Currently, alternative coal imports come from the US, which stepped up
>its exports but not by as much as expected, while Indonesia has also
>been supplying a lot more coal to Europe.
>
>Coal transport has already been hampered by internal supply disruptions
>within the EU from low water levels on big canals that are used to ship
>coal, putting bottlenecks on railways.
>
>According to data from the Russian Ministry of Energy, Russia sold 48.7
>million tons of coal to the EU in 2021.
>
>*Writing by Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
>
>https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/european-countries-poised-to-use-more-
>coal-in-winter/2667436
>

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