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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/10/18/china-s-return-to-coal-looks-set-to-be-short-lived/3a8a49c6-6df5-11ee-b01a-f593caa04363_story.html>
"One of the vagaries of zero-carbon power as the world approaches its emissions
peak is the way small year-to-year changes can mask the scale of the
transformation underway.
Consider Europe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year shut down gas imports
just as drought conditions sapped hydroelectric generation and maintenance
problems put much of France’s nuclear fleet out of action. The result was a
rash of dire warnings about the continent’s “return to coal” as solid-fuel
generators set for retirement were put on notice to fix the shortfall.
How’s the return to coal looking right now? Not so hot. The boom in 2022 turned
out to be a blip. First-half coal generation in the European Union fell 23%
this year, according to Ember, a research group pushing for the energy
transition, sending fossil electricity to its lowest level for the period since
at least 2000.
The same pattern is playing out on an even grander scale in China — and
evidence is building that it’s going to be another blip."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
