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I would like to know what "fastest rate of grid decarbonisation" even means, because the UK is definitely not the nation with the largest share of renewable ele
by Maken 2y ago
I would like to know what "fastest rate of grid decarbonisation" even means, because the UK is definitely not the nation with the largest share of renewable electricity production. I guess it measures how much energy production has transitioned from non-renewable to renewable sources in recent years.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agohttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electricity?tab=chart&country=AUT~FRA~EU-27~SWE~POL~ITA~NLD~OWID_WRL~CHN~ZAF~GBR https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric... They mean the rate of reduction in the metric graphed above.
- jayceedenton 2y agoWhy was Poland so high?
- hwillis 2y ago> The share gross electricity generation from coal in 2022 was 70.7%, (1.7 p.p. less than in 2021). https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/poland-energy-sector https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/poland-energ...
- Maken 2y agoFrom that data, for the same reason as China: overdependence on coal.
- chippiewill 2y agoIt's the percentage cut in emissions relative to the 1990 bench line.
- weebull 2y agoI don't think it's a particularly cryptic measure. The UKs peak carbon per kWh was at some point. Since then it's dropped at a percentage rate higher than anywhere else. The biggest thing has been the elimination of coal even if it's with natural gas as it's a much cleaner fuel. It's still a fossil fuel, but burns with much less pollution.