Wednesday, 27 April 2022

Coal Own Goal?

A Global Energy Monitor report gives some good news and some bad news. The good news is that, around the world, the number of coal-fired power plants under development fell in 2021. The bad news is that far too much coal is still being burned, to generate electricity (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/26/too-many-new-coal-fired-plants-planned-for-15c-climate-goal-report-concludes). That Global Energy Monitor report noted that old coal-fired power stations were not being taken out of service and more are planned for development (especially in China) after 2022. These activities will make it very difficult/impossible to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Centigrade above pre-Industrial values.
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