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Given these trends, what is the predicted year that we'd expect the last fossil fuel burning power plant to be greenlit for construction in China, India, and th
by zizee 3y ago
Given these trends, what is the predicted year that we'd expect the last fossil fuel burning power plant to be greenlit for construction in China, India, and the US?
Follow-up: At what point is continued operation of existing coal become uneconomical (to simplify the question assume decent solar generation locations are available/ grid connected nearby).
- cbmuser 3y agoFossil fuels are not going anywhere soon as a quick look at the world’s energy mix proves. > https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy
- zizee 3y agoThanks, but that does not answer my question. I guess I want to hear predictions of when fossil fuel usage will peak, and over what time period will it be reduced by 20, 30, 50%.
- dalyons 3y agoThe IEA says it will peak in 2025. And they have consistently underestimated predicted renewables growth VS actual every year for the last decade. https://www.iea.org/news/the-energy-world-is-set-to-change-significantly-by-2030-based-on-today-s-policy-settings-alone https://www.iea.org/news/the-energy-world-is-set-to-change-s...