Drop in coal demand for power forecast to be offset by rising industrial needs
Largest decline in coal-fired generation on record predicted in report, the result of falling output at power plants in Europe and the US
27 November 2019 - 08:39
Launceston, Australia — A record drop in the amount of electricity generated from coal is likely this year, something that sounds positive for efforts to mitigate climate change, but things are seldom that simple.
Global electricity from coal-fired power plants will drop 3%, or 300 terawatt hours, this year, according to an article by three power sector and climate change analysts published on Monday in the online journal Carbon Brief...
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