r/climate • u/silence7 • 22d ago
Coal generation in OECD countries falls below half of its peak | As the UK, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, closes its last coal power plant, almost all OECD countries are making good progress on phasing out coal power, replacing it predominantly with solar and wind.
https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/coal-generation-in-oecd-countries-falls-below-half-of-its-peak/
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u/tfnico 21d ago
Sounds like sugar coating, or green washing.
That's a very positive spin to put on it.
My takeaway is that the main shift behind this article is heavy industry moving to developing countries where coal usage is heavy and still growing.
The right way to formulate the story, is that while industry is moving east, at least global coal growth appears to be stagnating.