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I hate to say it but based on this source it looks like global power sourced from coal power has gone UP every year since 2011. I found this source on google a
by purple-again 6y ago
I hate to say it but based on this source it looks like global power sourced from coal power has gone UP every year since 2011. I found this source on google and am know nothing about its political agenda, however the slider it provides to see total coal power by year seemed very handy.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-coal-power-plants https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-coal-power-plants
2011: 1.679 .MW
2012: 1.740 .MW
2013: 1.799 .MW
2014: 1.848 .MW
2015: 1.917 .MW
2016: 1.969 .MW
2017: 2.002 .MW
2018: 2.018 .MW
2019: 2.044 .MW
The growth appears to be coming from new plants coming online in each of those years primary in India and China.