Coal

[sprintcyclist]

........... Coal is forecast to hold its top position as India’s largest single source of electricity in 2040, despite the rising use of renewable energy, according to International Energy Agency (IEA).

In a report titled India Energy Outlook 2021, IEA noted that India’s energy use had doubled since 2000, with coal, along with oil and solid biomass, meeting 80 per cent of this demand. ..............

https://www.australianmining.com.au/new ... ntil-2040/

[Black Orchid]

China's new coal power plant capacity in 2020 more than three times the rest of world's

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chin ... SKBN2A308U

China approved the construction of a further 36.9 GW of coal-fired capacity last year, three times more than a year earlier, bringing the total under construction to 88.1 GW. It now has 247 GW of coal power under development, enough to supply the whole of Germany.

A team of central government environmental inspectors delivered a scathing assessment of China’s energy regulator last Friday, accusing officials of planning failures and focusing too much on guaranteeing energy supply.

The NEA had allowed plants to be built in already polluted regions, while projects in less sensitive “coal-power bases” had not gone ahead, they said.

And they get a pass. China needs to be brought down to earth on many levels.

[sprintcyclist]

...................Including decommissions, China’s coal-fired fleet capacity rose by a net 29.8 GW in 2020, even as the rest of the world made cuts of 17.2 GW, according to research released on Wednesday by Global Energy Monitor (GEM), a U.S. think tank, and the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

“The runaway expansion of coal-fired power is driven by electricity companies’ and local governments’ interest in maximising investment spending, more than a real need for new capacity,” said Lauri Myllyvirta, CREA lead analyst..

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chin ... SKBN2A308U

interesting idea