China and India Are Holding Up Global Shift From Coal Power: GEM

China and India Are Holding Up Global Shift From Coal Power: GEM

China and India’s coal-power boom is undermining the world’s shift from the heavily polluting source of electricity, according to a new report from Global Energy Monitor.

The data is part of the Global Energy Monitor organization's annual survey on global coal production; the Arayara organization is a co-author of the study.

Coal: despite green commitments, it continues to grow, especially in the East - Economic Scenarios

Last year the world added the least coal-fired power generation capacity in 20 years, but the global fleet of coal plants continued to grow despite a

The power of the new power plants was 44 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, the lowest increase since 2004, when it was 37 GW, according to a group of researchers and non-governmental organizations. The peak of the period was reached in 2015, with 107 GW of new capacity connected to the grid. Over a third of the world's electricity is generated using coal, a major contributor to global warming due to carbon dioxide emissions. Although several countries hav…