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https://www.carbonbrief.org/worlds-electricity-supply-close-to-peak-emissions-due-to-growth-of-wind-and-solar/>
"Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the global power sector grew just 0.2% in
the first six months of 2023, with rapidly rising wind and solar outpacing
sluggish demand growth.
Emissions from electricity generation would have fallen, but droughts forced
countries to increase fossil fuel use to cover declines in hydropower.
The findings come from a new report by thinktank Ember, covering 78 countries
and 92% of global electricity demand in the first half of 2023.
The report shows that global electricity demand growth and the expansion of
low-carbon supplies remain delicately balanced, with ongoing droughts putting a
question mark over Ember’s earlier prediction of a decline in fossil-fueled
power in 2023.
While expanded wind and solar capacity met a record 14.3% of global electricity
demand in the first half of this year, up from 12.8% a year earlier, hydro
generation fell by 8.5%.
With a small rise in fossil-fueled power helping to make up for the drop from
hydro, emissions from the sector plateaued rather than declining, despite weak
electricity demand growth.
The expansion of low-carbon electricity supplies overall remains insufficient
to put the world on track for limiting warming to 1.5C, according to Ember’s
report."
Via
What Could Go Right? October 12, 2023:
https://theprogressnetwork.org/israel-hamas-palestine-attacks-war/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
