The Chile three o'clock News "reported on October 14th, the International Energy Agency (AIE) is expected to 25 years of coal this year, as demand for energy will grow by 65%. 

Since 2000, coal consumption average annual growth rate of 4.9%, while the average annual growth rate of 1.1% oil, natural gas average annual growth rate of 2.8%. Only coal power plants increased by 5.4% on the year 2010, 43% of the total generating capacity of coal power generation. 

The rapid growth of coal energy, in addition to the Chinese new coal power plants to increase concerns about the safety of nuclear power, non-traditional high cost of renewable energy also contributed to the reasons for the increase of coal energy. With the use of new technologies, better way to solve the pollution problems of coal energy. 

According to the data released by the International Energy Agency, in 2010, oil accounted for 34% of the total global energy, coal accounted for 26%, natural gas accounted for 21%, renewable energy accounted for 3%; expected 2020 oil accounted for 30%, coal 27%, natural gas accounted for 22%, renewable energy accounted for 5; 2030, oil accounted for 28%, coal 27%, natural gas accounted for 21%, renewable energy accounts for 6%; 2050, oil accounted for 20%, coal 27%, natural gas accounted for 16 %, renewable energy accounted for 8%.