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Thermal coal or steaming coal is burned for steam to run turbines to generate electricity either to public electricity grids or directly by industry consuming electrical power (such as chemical industries, paper manufacturers, cement industry and brickworks).
Coal is primarily used as a solid fuel to produce electricity and heat through combustion. World coal consumption was about 7.25 billion tonnes in 2010 (7.99 billion short tons) and is expected to increase 48% to 9.05 billion tonnes (9.98 billion short tons) by 2030. Steam coal is a grade between bituminous coal and anthracite, once widely used as a fuel for steam locomotives. 2  In this specialized use, it is sometimes known as sea-coal in the US. 3  Small steam coal (dry small steam nuts or DSSN) was used as a fuel for domestic water heating.