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https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-solar-surge-will-send-coal-power-tumbling-by-2030-iea-data-reveals/>
"Global electricity generation from solar will quadruple by 2030 and help to
push coal power into reverse, according to Carbon Brief analysis of data from
the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The IEA’s latest
World Energy Outlook 2024 shows solar overtaking nuclear,
wind, hydro, gas and, finally, coal, to become the world’s single-largest
source of electricity by 2033.
This solar surge will help kickstart the “age of electricity”, the agency says,
where rapidly expanding clean electricity and “inherently” greater efficiency
will push fossil fuels into decline.
As a result, the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will
reach a peak “imminently”, the IEA says, with its data indicating a turning
point in 2025.
Other highlights from
Carbon Brief’s in-depth examination of the IEA’s latest
outlook include:
* Renewables will grow 2.7-fold by 2030, short of the “tripling” goal set at
COP28.
* Still, clean energy is growing at an “unprecedented rate”, and will overtake
coal, gas and then oil, to become the world’s largest source of energy “in the
mid-2030s”.
* Low-carbon energy, including renewables and nuclear, will grow 44% by 2030,
adding 48 exajoules (EJ) to global energy supplies.
* Global energy demand will only rise by 34EJ (5%) over the same period.
* This means clean energy will push each of the fossil fuels past their peak by
2030.
* Electric vehicles (EVs) are now expected to displace 6m barrels of oil per
day (mb/d) by 2030, up from a figure of 4mb/d by 2030 in last year’s outlook.
Despite these changes, the world is on track to cut CO₂ emissions to just 4%
below 2023 levels by 2030, the agency warns, resulting in warming of 2.4C above
pre-industrial temperatures.
It says there is an “increasingly narrow, but still achievable” path to staying
below 1.5C, which would need more clean electricity, faster electrification and
a 33% cut in emissions by 2030."
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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
