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Published: 25 October 2007

Consumption of hard coal decreased by 27 per cent in January to September

Approximately 3.5 million tonnes (89,000 TJ) of hard coal were consumed as fuel in the generation of electricity and heat in the first three quarters of 2007. The consumption fell by 27 per cent from the pervious year and was 6 per cent below the average for the 2000s. Use of hard coal decreased both in separate production of electricity and in combined heat and power production. The reasons for the reduced consumption were increased production of hydro power in the Nordic countries and slightly milder weather than in the year before. The low price of emission allowances improved the competitiveness of hard coal in the generation of electricity and heat compared to fuels with lower emissions, but weakened its competitiveness against peat. In separate production of electricity competitiveness of hard coal compared to peat also weakened because of the feed-in tariff system for peat which came into force in May 2007.

Consumption of Hard Coal, 12-month moving total, million tonnes

Consumption of Hard Coal, 1000 t

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
January	610	490	580	820	890	380	550	560
February	450	600	440	750	720	430	590	680
March	390	640	420	730	660	570	670	510
April	250	430	320	660	550	280	420	340
May	290	340	190	570	490	230	370	240
June	100	260	130	380	460	90	450	300
July	80	190	210	380	410	50	500	110
August	220	210	270	490	480	100	580	300
September	270	230	450	650	430	90	680	500
October	380	330	760	700	530	210	660
November	400	420	770	700	630	300	670
December	470	570	800	800	480	460	450
The First Three Quarters Total	2660	3390	3020	5430	5080	2230	4820	3530
Whole year	3910	4710	5360	7640	6720	3200	6600

Hard Coal Stocks, month-end, million tonnes

	2006	2007
January	5.0	4.4
February	4.7	4.1
March	4.1	4.2
April	3.9	4.4
May	3.9	4.8
June	3.7	4.8
July	3.5	4.9
August	3.2	5.0
September	3.3	4.7
October	3.5
November	3.8
December	4.4

Source: Since 2005 Statistics Finland, 1997-2004 Coal Users' Committee/Finergy

Inquiries: Mr Saku Slioor +358 1734 2685, energia@stat.fi

Director in charge: Ms Kaija Hovi

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Last updated 25.10.2007