Transmission line connects Xinjiang to Anhui Thermal coal burn to fall by 30 million mt/y China’s thermal coal demand is likely to fall once the world’s longest ultra-high voltage transmission line is completed by the Asian country, market sources said Thursday. China has launched its 3,324-km long transmission line that connects the coal-rich Xinjiang province in western China to Anhui province in the country’s east, Xinhua News Agency, China’s official news agency, reported Tuesday. Once completed, the transmission line is expected to reduce Chinese coal usage by about 30 million mt/y, according to the report. “In the past, it was difficult to transport coal out of Xinjiang, so the impact of Xinjiang coal production [on China’s overall demand] had been minimal,” an east China-based coal analyst said. “Now, with the direct power transmission, it’s equivalent to […]