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"Coal’s “very slow death” has begun with the world adding the smallest amount
of new coal-fired power capacity in two decades, a new report has found.
The latest report by the Global Energy Monitor tracks the pipeline of new coal
projects and found the world added just 44GW of new coal capacity in 2024, a
fraction of the 585GW of new renewable capacity installed last year.
It found the rate the EU was retiring coal plants increased by a factor of four
and noted the UK had become the sixth country in the world to phase out coal
power entirely when the country that began the industrial revolution shut down
its last coal plant.
New coal capacity was growing in India and China but both countries were
planning to build less than they were previously. This is notable given the
massive amount of solar China installed last year, allowing the country to hit
its 2030 targets six years ahead of schedule."
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
