Full Title: Coal: A key player in expanded U.S. energy exports
Author(s): Yemi Assefa, Helen McCulley, Myron Murray, and Sharon Royales
Publisher(s): BLS
Publication Date: February 1, 2013
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Description (excerpt):
As natural gas becomes more inexpensive and renewable energy sources continue to increase in usage, the energy mix in the United States (and other countries) is expected to change. The IEA estimates that 40 percent of world electricity generation was fueled by coal in 2011.3 Coal is the only major energy source for which the United States demonstrates a trade surplus.4 In 2011, the last calendar year for which data are available, the United States exported more than $16 billion worth of coal, while importing only slightly less than $3 billion in coal.