{"id":248703,"date":"2024-04-11T20:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T20:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/coal-capacity-increased-2-globally-in-2023-the-most-since-2016\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T22:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T22:00:51","slug":"coal-capacity-increased-2-globally-in-2023-the-most-since-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/coal-capacity-increased-2-globally-in-2023-the-most-since-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal Capacity Increased 2% Globally in 2023, the Most Since 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The annual Global Energy Monitor (GEM) survey, <em>Boom and Bust Coal<\/em>, has found that coal-fired operating capacity worldwide rose by two percent last year \u2014 the highest annual increase since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>China was responsible for two-thirds of the expansion, with a small amount of growth in other parts of the globe, a press release from GEM said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoal\u2019s fortunes this year are an anomaly, as all signs point to reversing course from this accelerated expansion. But countries that have coal plants to retire need to do so more quickly, and countries that have plans for new coal plants must make sure these are never built. Otherwise we can forget about meeting our goals in the Paris Agreement and reaping the benefits that a swift transition to clean energy will bring,\u201d said Flora Champenois, coal program director for GEM.<\/p>\n<p>According to Global Coal Plant Tracker data, 69.5&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/coal-capacity-global-energy-monitor-2023.html\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at www.ecowatch.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Global Energy Monitor (GEM) survey, Boom and Bust Coal, has found that coal-fired operating capacity worldwide rose by two percent last year \u2014 the highest annual increase since 2016. 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