In 2025, global coal capacity increased by 3.5% but generation of electricity from coal decreased by 0.6%.
This trend is particularly notable in China and India where renewables met the load growth.
Coal plants are built as insurance more than primary resource
Great illustration of how carbon dioxide removal and emission reductions are complementary to reach the point where climate change will stop.
And the less reduction we do, the less interesting/relevant removal is since removal is always more expensive.
All data here
globalenergymonitor.org/research/boo...
Link to the report: www.stateofcdr.org/report/3rd-e...
China is in a world of its own with more than 70GW of new capacity but coal electricity production decreasing by 1.2%. That continues a trend observed for the last 10 years of a decrease in capacity factor for coal
Cool graph from @bloomberg.com showing the evolution of data centre capacity and the planned/announced projects.
Data centres globally now consume close to 500TWh- basically as much as Germany.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Note that if we were serious on electrification, the electricity demand growth from data centres would be small compared to that of major sectors such as transport or industry…
hannahritchie.substack.com/p/ai-energy-...
Progress in batteries mean that they can now help decarbonise maritime transport.
A recent paper shows that by 2030, electrification could apply to 30% of shipping energy demand and 20% GHG emissions…
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Great read on what AI can do for science. Yes it has the potential to accelerate science but not it will not replace scientists.
The paper also makes a great point about the need to maintain critical thinking and not blindly trust results
www.amacad.org/publication/...
Throughout history, scientific progress has been defined by the tools we build to extend our perception. Today, artificial intelligence stands as our newest instrument, not merely as a computational e...
