silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoRenewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak | Coal’s century at the top of the world’s power mix is over.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1210arrow-down1external-linkRenewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak | Coal’s century at the top of the world’s power mix is over.www.vox.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square24linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThey also don’t show the actual numbers, so we don’t know if coal production had any reduction, or if renewables just grew faster. The rest of the article makes it seem like the latter
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoActual numbers are in this report https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-review-2026/
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThank you. It says there was a small reduction globally of 38 TWh (-0.2%) in 2025
minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoYeah, with the anticipated electrical demand of the near future, I don’t see coal generation decreasing substantially soon. Does make me wish we’d come harder on nuclear over the last 4-5 decades. I know nuclear isn’t perfect, but its a good deal better than fossil fuels.
minus-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoCoal use in primary energy: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy
They also don’t show the actual numbers, so we don’t know if coal production had any reduction, or if renewables just grew faster. The rest of the article makes it seem like the latter
Actual numbers are in this report
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-review-2026/
Thank you. It says there was a small reduction globally of 38 TWh (-0.2%) in 2025
Yeah, with the anticipated electrical demand of the near future, I don’t see coal generation decreasing substantially soon.
Does make me wish we’d come harder on nuclear over the last 4-5 decades. I know nuclear isn’t perfect, but its a good deal better than fossil fuels.
Coal use in primary energy: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy