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In the first half of 2017, American coal power performed well: the installed capacity decreased and the power generation increased

the U.S. energy information administration released the latest "monthly update of power industry" report, and all data were summarized by the end of June 2017. Here is the latest data about American coal power -

installed capacity

at the end of June 2017, the installed capacity of American utility power plants (excluding small-scale photovoltaic) was 1079.1 gigawatts (10.79 trillion kW), of which 262.3 gigawatts were coal power, accounting for 24.3% of the total installed capacity. The installed capacity of various natural gas is 452.5 GW (41.9%), nuclear power is 99.4 GW (9.2%), conventional hydropower is 80 GW (7.4%), wind power is 83.4 GW (7.7%), and large photovoltaic is 22.0 GW (2.0%)

power generation

in the first half of 2017 (month), the power generation of public utility power plants (excluding small-scale photovoltaic) totaled 191.81 TWH (1918.1 billion KWH), of which coal-fired power was 575.5twh, an increase of 4.9% over the same period last year

in the first half of 2017, coal-fired power was the largest power source in the United States, accounting for 30.0%, surpassing natural gas power generation (29.2%), nuclear power (20.2% of the technology dispute), conventional hydropower (9.1%), wind power (7.0%), and solar energy (1.2%) in the same period

capacity factor

in June 2017, the capacity factor of coal-fired power plant was 58.5% (equivalent to 5124 hours of annual operation), which was higher than the average value in 2016 (52.7%). In June 2017, the capacity coefficient of natural gas combined cycle power plant was 60.2%, nuclear power plant was 93.7%, conventional hydropower was 56.9%, wind power was 38.8%, and large PV was 15.5%

coal consumption

in 2017, the coal consumption of various coal-fired power plants (including heating) in the United States was 322 million tons, an increase of 4.7% over the same period in 2016, but lower than that in 2015 (380 million tons)

coal price

in June 2017, the price of coal used in coal power plant was 40.72 US dollars/ton according to the pre setting after the six conditions of light off, door closing, positioning, zero position, hammer grasping and hammer lifting were met, which was basically the same as that of the same period last year (in June 2016, the price of coal used in coal power plant was 40.47 US dollars/ton)

the average monthly coal price in 2017 was $40.38/ton, the lowest price since 2008. The highest coal price occurred in 2011, with a price of $46.09/ton

in the same way, the two sides discussed how to cooperate to compare the cost of coal and natural gas in the marketable thermal unit (million BTU) of the existing technology: in June 2017, the cost of electric coal was $2.11/btu, while the price of natural gas was $3.31/million BTU