In the run-up to the U.N. climate summit, host Britain announced that one of its goals was to consign coal to history. That's easier said than done.
Government negotiators from nearly 200 countries have adopted a new deal on climate action after India watered down language on cutting coal emissions.China, the world’s most populous country and a manufacturing giant, is by far the world’s biggest coal consumer, followed by India and the United States. In 2019, China produced 4,876 terawatt hours of electricity from coal, almost as much as the rest of the world combined, according to the International Energy Agency.
Electricity needs are soaring as the world’s population and prosperity increase, and renewables simply aren’t enough to satisfy that growth in demand. The IEA projects that India will need to add a power system the size of the European Union’s to meet expected growth in electricity demand in the next 20 years. Coal’s role in the power sector has remained relatively stable in the past five decades.
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