China Coal Mining Energy Consumption Dataset

Consequently, many coal resource-dependent cities are facing gradual resource depletion, leading to a proliferation of internal issues and pronounced conflicts across various dimensions. Annually, significant wastage of energy resources occurs due to coal mining in these cities.

Understanding the spatial distribution of energy consumption from coal mining is crucial for advancing energy system transformation and planning future coal mining strategies. This study employs web scraping techniques to gather coal production data from coal resource cities across China. Using a top-down approach, the comprehensive energy consumption based on coal production was estimated, and consequently, the energy consumption per unit of coal production for each province was calculated.