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Eric Maugendre about carbon Jun 14, 2024

Upcoming: "China and ten other countries account for 95% of coal power capacity under consideration."

Global Energy Monitor: https://globalenergymonitor.org/report/boom-and-bust-coal-2024/ @energy @climate

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Boom and Bust Coal 2024

Boom and Bust is an annual survey of the global coal fleet by Global Energy Monitor and partners. The report analyzes key trends in coal power capacity and tracks various stages of capacity development including planned retirements. This provides key insights into the status of the global phaseout of coal power and evaluates progress towards … Continued

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Eric Maugendre about carbon Jun 14, 2024

It is a matter of national sovereignty:
“Chinese officials view coal as the primary guarantee of energy security,” said Anders Hove, senior research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies cited at https://colombogazette.com/2024/06/05/chinas-coal-surge-threatens-climate-goals-despite-xis-pledge/

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Eric Maugendre about carbon Aug 15, 2024

Enabling climate acceleration are economic sectors such as land use, China coal, Saudi Aramco, Coal India, Gazprom (Russia), National Iranian Oil — in that order.
Since 2021, China coal sends more carbon in the air than NATO equities and Arab states combined. The China coal sector is increasing capacity and already is delivering 12.7 Gt/year.

Study: http://data.yt/projections/2024-results.html

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