Shenhua Group is vertically integrated and, in addition to
coal mining, the company also produces electricity from coal and renewable energy, operates railroads, ports, and seaborne shipments, produces polyethylene and
polypropylene, and undertakes research, development, and demonstrations activities.
Coal mining Shenhua Group was the largest coal producer in China, operating both underground and open cut mines. In 2014, the company sold about 588 million tonnes of coal, the vast majority of which was mined by Shenhua subsidiaries. In 2014, Shenhua invested a total of US$37 million in conservation of soil and water and
environmental remediation. Afforestation areas were expanded by over in 2014. Shenhua had implemented smart mining technologies. In 2013, the company was awarded the World Coal Association Award for Leadership on Mining Safety. In 2014, the company transported coal on its railways at a rate of 224 billion tonnes·km. Shenhua owned three ports and worked with third party ports that were used to transport about 235.8 million tonnes of coal by sea in 2014.
Electricity generation Shenhua's total power output dispatch was 324.6 TWh in 2014, most of this electricity was generated using coal. The company completed the desulfurization (de-SOx) retrofits to all of its coal-fired power generators. Shenhua Guohua, one of Shenhua Group's largest electricity-generating subsidiaries, implemented a program to achieve near-zero emissions at its coal-fired power plants. The company has committed to emissions of PM, SOx, and NOx that are at or below the standards set for natural gas power plants. The company held more than 5,000 MW of renewable energy capacity and was the sixth largest producer of electricity from wind in China. Shenhua also planned to build wind farms in Australia.
Fuels and chemicals production Shenhua owned and operated facilities that convert coal to products through indirect
coal liquefaction and direct coal liquefaction. Shenhua's direct liquefaction plant was the largest such facility in the world. In 2014, the facility produced 900,000 tonnes of liquid fuels and products, including diesel, naphtha, and
liquefied petroleum gas. Shenhua owned and operated three coal to
olefins projects. The production capacity of these facilities was about 1.6 million tonnes per year.
Innovation Shenhua has had several research projects related to the
water-energy nexus. The company developed and demonstrated the concept of recycling and purifying mine water so that underground mines with distributed reservoirs can become net water producers and provide water to the surrounding community and industries. This has been demonstrated at Shenhua's Daliuta coal mine in the Shendong mining area. Shenhua researched and developed reducing the water consumption of coal conversion processes. ==Subsidiaries==