Coal

The current estimate for remaining established reserves for all types of coal is about 33.4 billion tonnes. This massive resource continues to help meet the energy needs of Albertans, supplying fuel for about 59 per cent of the province’s electricity generation. Alberta’s coal reserves represent about 1000 years of supply at current production levels.

Alberta marketable coal production totaled 32.5 million tonnes in 2008.

In 2008, 81 per cent of Alberta’s coal production stayed in the province, 3 per cent was delivered to the U.S., and 16 per cent was delivered offshore. Very small quantities of metallurgical and thermal bituminous coal were delivered to other Canadian provinces and the U.S.