About as many countries opened new coal plant units as shut units down in 2023, but overall more capacity added than retired
A surge in new coal plants coming online in China drove this increase — 47.4 GW, or roughly two- thirds of global additions — coupled with new capacity in Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Japan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Korea, Greece, and Zimbabwe.
https://globalenergymonitor.org/report/boom-and-bust-coal-2024/
Gerry McGovern /
npub14s…jur2r
2024-07-11 15:05:45
Author Public Key
npub14szayhg34l2x0qxt6s6j5k02yew05gxu2tfvv4pnqdxv8ten57ds2jur2rPublished at
2024-07-11 15:05:45Event JSON
{
"id": "53190068d70a505d1e35052c9c9af93d72fc4fa00ef974a938136952ccc4c478",
"pubkey": "ac05d25d11afd46780cbd4352a59ea265cfa20dc52d2c65433034cc3af33a79b",
"created_at": 1720710345,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/112768473226020260",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/112768473226020260",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/112768473226020260",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "About as many countries opened new coal plant units as shut units down in 2023, but overall more capacity added than retired\n\nA surge in new coal plants coming online in China drove this increase — 47.4 GW, or roughly two- thirds of global additions — coupled with new capacity in Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Japan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Korea, Greece, and Zimbabwe. \n\nhttps://globalenergymonitor.org/report/boom-and-bust-coal-2024/",
"sig": "7b177577a2a3e58805d68b517ec396b6955827ed78eb3cc5afa01792a08633a82d9c0d3b96d0c8bfe9af63bcef41663afd6198c376146de89da2e79a94bb983c"
}