第一次煤炭对话FIRST COAL DIALOGUE

在第一次煤炭对话之际，欧洲煤炭和褐煤协会主席迪特里希伯克宣布，欧洲是仅次于中国和美国的世界第三大煤炭消费国，每年煤炭消费量超过10亿吨。大约一半的煤炭来自本地生产。因此，在欧洲，煤炭对于安全且具有价格竞争力的能源供应是必不可少的。欧盟委员会（European Commission）传统能源部主任Helmut Schmitt von Sydow补充说，煤炭在发电领域发挥了核心作用。

On the occasion of the first Coal Dialogue, the president of the European Association for Coal and Lignite, Dietrich Bcker, proclaimed that Europe was the third biggest coal consumer in the World after China and the USA, with a coal consumption of more than one billion tons per year. About half of this coal comes from indigenous production. Coal is therefore indispensable for secure and price- competitive energy supply in Europe. Coal played a central role, especially in power generation, added Helmut Schmitt von Sydow, Director for conventional sources of energy in DG TREN from the European Commission.