silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days 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-square24fedilinkarrow-up1192
arrow-up1192external-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 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days 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-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoCoal use in primary energy: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoActual numbers are in this report https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-review-2026/
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThank you. It says there was a small reduction globally of 38 TWh (-0.2%) in 2025
minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days 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.
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
Coal use in primary energy: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy
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.