The market capitalization of five of the top 10 U.S. coal companies was sliced by more than half from early January to mid-November 2019.

The relaxing of curbs on coal power, combined with shrinking investment in solar and wind energy, have caused further alarm over carbon dioxide emissions in China.

In the first nine months of 2019, US thermal exports were more than 10 million mt below the year-ago period's total, and vessel tracking data show October exports are expected to come in close to September levels.

“Since coal is still a major resource, we will continue to rely on coal when we need it - and right now for instance, the economy is slowing and renewables are still relatively weak,” said Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Institute for Energy Policy Studies.

IEEFA forecasts India's cumulative renewable energy capacity to expand 17% year-on-year to 93.5GW by the end of 2019/20, adding a total of 13.5GW in 2019/20 (relative to just 5.7GW to-date).

US coal-fired power generation totaled 85.9 TWh in September, down 8.8% from August,

In the past three and a half decades, the analysis noted, only two other years had declines in coal generation - 2009 with a 148 TWh drop and 2015 with a 217 TWH drop.

"Мы высоко ценим тот высокий уровень взаимоотношений, который сложился между Россией и Ираном. Мы последовательно реализуем курс лидеров наших стран по наращиванию взаимодействия, нацеленного на укрепление двустороннего сотрудничества", - подчеркнул глава Минэнерго России.

Россию и Белоруссию связывают многолетние, прочные отношения в сфере энергетики, между странами постоянно ведется важная совместная работа по ряду проектов и инициатив, отметил Александр Новак по итогам переговоров.

The auctions, to be aimed at paring back India’s coal imports, are intended to attract global miners such as Glencore PLC, BHP Group, Anglo American PLC and Peabody Energy Corp.

China also has another 121.3 GW of coal-fired power plants under construction, U.S.-based research network Global Energy Monitor said in its report, nearly enough to power the whole of France.

China produced 3.06 billion tonnes of raw coal during the January-October period, up 4.5 percent year on year

Фактически есть все основания говорить о формировании российско-китайского энергетического альянса.

Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $60 per barrel (b) in October, down $3/b from September and down $21/b from October 2018. EIA forecasts Brent spot prices will average $60/b in 2020, down from a 2019 average of $64/b. EIA forecasts that West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices will average $5.50/b less than Brent prices in 2020. EIA expects crude oil prices will be lower on average in 2020 than in 2019 because of forecast rising global oil inventories, particularly in the first half of next year.

BP's Energy Outlook estimates coal's share of China's energy mix to fall to 35% in 2040 from 60% in 2017, but for the country to remain the world's largest consumer of coal and account for 39% of global coal demand in 2040.