Coal-Powered Thermal Generation Declines In China & India, But Surges In US
Electricity from burning coal declined in both China and India last year, thanks to more renewables, but things are different in the US.
Hunter 1577-megawatt coal-fired power plant. Castle Dale, Emery County, Utah. February 10, 2025. Fritz Hasler Photo
Electricity from burning coal declined in both China and India last year, thanks to more renewables, but things are different in the US.
Tata Power commissioned a 1.4-gigawatt (GW) solar power plant in Rajasthan, India, just before the end of the year. The INR 54.9 billion ($611 million) project is actually the largest solar power plant Tata Power has ever built. Approximately 2.454 TWh of electricity are expected to be produced each year … [continued]
Agreement signed between KP Group and the Government of Botswana MoU targets development of renewable energy projects with nearly 5 GW capacity KP Group to offer 30 annual scholarships for Botswana citizens MATAR (GUJARAT), India — KP Group, a leading renewable energy company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with … [continued]
ChatGPT and Google Gemini generated image depicting how inflation causes electricity bills to feel more expensive even when real prices are stable or falling.
The argument begins with a pair of charts that appear to contradict each other while describing the same reality. One plots nominal residential electricity prices against carbon intensity for the ten largest electricity producing countries in 2015 and 2024. The other uses the same data but adjusts prices for inflation. … [continued]
In light of the recent judgement by the Supreme Court of India on the definition of what constitutes the Aravalli, mainstream media has been busy asking doomsday questions on the consequences if they are lost forever. These sharply worded posts channel and amplify outrage. But they imply inevitability and closure … [continued]
India has been somewhat disappointing in its transportation electrification. It’s a bit funny, or strange, since the country announced several years ago it was going to be the first 100% electric nation, and it is ridiculously far away from that while Norway is basically already there and China is more … [continued]
TL;DR: Fossil narratives are collapsing. Economics, physics, and real-world deployment all now point one way: solar + storage. For several decades now, the fossil lobby has followed the renewable sector like a bad debt — constantly painting molehills as mountains, inventing false comparisons, and trying to derail public understanding any … [continued]
China has emerged as a global leader in the struggle to meet the challenge of global heating while others have fallen back.
In a post earlier today, we reported on a joint study by Climate Central and World Weather Attribution that finds the actions taken by the nations of the world in the ten years since the Paris Climate Accords have helped to limit global heating by the end of this century … [continued]
JBM Electric Vehicles arrived at Busworld 2025 in Brussels with a clear message: the Indian electric bus manufacturer is no longer simply exporting vehicles to Europe — it’s planting roots. The company’s launch of the ECOLIFE e12 city bus, coupled with the announcement of a Frankfurt-based European headquarters, signals an … [continued]