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NEW | Coal and gas saw RECORD falls in EU electricity generation in 2023, pushing power sector emissions down 19% 📉 There’s no doubt about it: the EU’s electricity transition is in full swing. Read the full European Electricity Review 2024:

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NEW | Global Electricity Insights from the first half of 2022 ⚡️Global electricity demand rose 3% ✅Renewables entirely met the rise in demand, so... 🏭No increase in coal and gas worldwide

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BREAKING | #Wind and #Solar hit a record TENTH of global electricity in 2021. The milestone has now been passed by 50 countries around the world, including the five biggest economies 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇯🇵🇩🇪🇬🇧 @EmberClimate #GER22

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The global power sector is not on track to limit temperature increase to 1.5 degrees. Coal-fired electricity needs to fall by 13% EVERY YEAR this decade. Despite a global pandemic, it only fell by 8% in the first half of 2020.

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Wind and solar have doubled in five years to generate a TENTH of the world's electricity in 2020.

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NEW | India’s Coal Power Use May Have Already Peaked Ember's latest report in @climate @AkshatRathi @rajeshsing13

India’s Coal Power Use May Have Already Peaked, Report Says

The third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases has a chance to leave the dirtiest fossil fuel behind

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MILESTONE 🇪🇺⚡Wind and solar produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU last month

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Out today: Ember’s Global Electricity Review. Tracking the transition to #fossilfree electricity. ⚡️Global trends ⚡️G20 profiles ⚡️Data explorer ⚡️Open data

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Mapped: Solar and Wind Power by Country, using Ember data.

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BREAKING⚡️🇪🇺 #Solar & #Wind generated a record 1/5 of EU electricity in 2022, for the first time overtaking fossil gas. Despite the #gascrisis and record lows in hydro and nuclear, Europe prevented a threatened return to coal power. #EER2023

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Germany has hit a MAJOR milestone, as coal is no longer 🇩🇪’s leading source of electricity generation. Wind produced more electricity than coal, which fell 27% in 2023. Find more insights on Europe's electricity 👇

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NEW | Coal is NOT making a comeback in Europe Plans to extend coal-fired power in 4 EU countries 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇦🇹🇳🇱 would have a limited impact, even in the worst-case scenario where they run at the highest levels throughout 2023.

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| BREAKING | Landmark moment as #renewables overtake fossil fuels as Europe's main source of electricity in 2020. Read Ember’s fifth annual EU power sector report with @AgoraEW

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BIG news. We forecast that clean electricity will exceed the world's demand growth in 2023, meaning fossil generation will fall.

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NEW 🚀 | A 'think piece' by Ember, @AITAsia and @UTSEngage discussing the need for a greater discourse for power connectivity in the Greater Mekong subregion, in the newly published report by @CSDS_Chula and AMPERES. Have a read here 👇

Power connectivity in the Greater Mekong subregion

Reviewing the slow progress of power connectivity in the Greater Mekong subregion, with specific emphasis on rectifying the situation.

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India can confidently cancel its pipeline of new coal plants as they are surplus to requirements. Opinion piece in @EconomicTimes by Ember's Aditya Lolla and @ashishfernandes @ClimateHorizons

View: Power Ministry's proposal to halt new coal plants is key to delivering RE targets

There is no longer any economic justification for new coal plants, as there are now cheaper, cleaner and more reliable options (mainly wind and solar PV, coupled with battery storage) to meet...

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NEW | EU’s record solar summer helps avoid €29bn in gas imports

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Wind and solar have reached a record 10% of global electricity generation. Now they need to sustain their high growth rates for a 1.5C pathway. #GER22

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Global #coal power saw a record decline in 2020, including in top coal-generating countries 🇮🇳🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷. China was the only G20 country that saw a large increase in coal generation as electricity demand increased sharply.

Global Electricity Review 2021 - Ember

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🇪🇺⚡ Ranked: EU countries by share of clean electricity in 2022 How does your country measure up?

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🚀 TOMORROW (New Delhi time) | 🇮🇳 Indian States Renewable Energy Tracker #IndiaRESTracker

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The EU generated more electricity from renewables than fossil fuels for the first winter on record. Renewables accounted for 40% of the electricity mix between October and March, with fossil fuels at 37%.

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BREAKING⚡️Power sector emissions may have peaked in 2022, as wind and solar reach a record 12% of global electricity. Our fourth annual Global Electricity Review presents data from 78 countries, representing 93% of global electricity demand. #GER2023

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BREAKING | Half the world’s economies are past a peak in fossil power New analysis by Ember finds that 107 economies are already at least five years past a peak in electricity generation from fossil fuels.

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#Methane leaking from Indonesian coal mines estimated to cause climate damage, double that of Jakarta’s CO2. Opinion piece by Ember's analysts Conal Campbell & Achmed Edianto in @KATADATAcoid outlining 6 steps for 🇮🇩 to reduce coal mine methane emissions

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BREAKING: #Coal Power Emissions Per Capita show Australia and South Korea far beyond India and China Ember's latest analysis: #COP26

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NEW | The surge in European power prices is predominantly being driven by soaring fossil gas costs - not carbon prices

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🇪🇸Spain achieved a new record in April 2022, for the first time generating 40% of its electricity from wind and solar power.

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G7 Leaders:

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🇰🇪 Kenya will achieve 100% renewable energy by 2030. - Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya Kenya is home to the largest wind power project in the African continent and has already reached almost 90% renewables said the President.

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Ranked: #G7 carbon intensity of electricity supply in 2022

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BIG news. We forecast that clean electricity will exceed the world's demand growth in 2023, meaning fossil generation will fall.

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Mapped: Solar and Wind Power by Country, using Ember data.

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BREAKING | Global power sector emissions soar in 2021 Rising global electricity demand outpaced growth in clean electricity. That meant more coal, pushing power's CO2 emissions 5% higher than in H1-2019.

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10 months

May was the first month ever where solar and wind produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels. 💪

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BREAKING | Solar and wind dominate 🇮🇳India’s electricity capacity additions in 2022. 92% of India's total added capacity comprises wind and solar, while coal accounted for only 5% last year. 🧵1/4 #IndiaRES

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BREAKING | Wind and solar drove a record fall in #coal in 2020 But we’re not yet building enough clean electricity to put the world on a pathway to 1.5C. #GER21 Global Electricity Review:

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BREAKING: 🇮🇳 India confirms its commitment to a global tripling of renewables capacity #COP28 Although the global goal does not require each country to triple, India is one of ten countries that is targeting this.

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Good news! Every EU country had a smaller share of coal in 2022 than in 2015. Biggest falls: 🇬🇷Greece, 🇵🇹Portugal, 🇳🇱Netherlands, 🇪🇸Spain Still over 30% #coalpower : 🇵🇱Poland, 🇨🇿Czechia, 🇧🇬Bulgaria, 🇩🇪Germany

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#Wind and #solar power are now cheaper than coal in 🇮🇩 Indonesia, according to an energy official statement at the end of last year. The coal-rich nation has "no reason anymore not to use renewables", they added.

Clean power increasingly cost-competitive with coal, ministry says - Markets - The Jakarta Post

The energy ministry has said that renewables are now competing head-to-head with coal in terms of power generation costs, and that "there is no reason anymore not to use renewables”.

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NEW from Ember electricity data: Electricity demand has stabilised in the EU, but fossil generation keeps falling ⚡🇪🇺 1/4

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Germany and Poland were responsible for 53% of emissions from the EU power sector in 2021

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Coal is on its way out in Europe. It fell a staggering ❗23%❗ in the EU in the first half of 2023, and was less than 10% of the EU’s electricity generation for the first time ever in May.

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What does the #IPCC #ClimateReport mean for coal? Join us today for a TwitterSpace chat with @CoalFreeDave @leonickroberts @kim_jiseok 🗓️ Tuesday, 5th April 2022 ⏰ 12.30 GMT Set a reminder:

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With just 3 quarters left until Dec 2022, only 3 states and 1 union territory hit 100% RE targets. ⚡ Telangana: 248% ⚡ Rajasthan: 119% ⚡ Karnataka: 107% ⚡ Andaman and Nicobar: 129% [4/8] #IndiaRESTracker

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NEW | The world is close to peak emissions in the power sector We're close to a turning point where the rapid growth of wind and solar pushes the world into a new era of falling fossil generation. 🧵1/4

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BREAKING: Record fall in global coal generation in 2019 Our #GlobalElectricityReview out today includes: ⚡️Analysis: 70 pages of graphs & insights ⚡️ #OpenSource data: 200+ countries, 2000-2019 ⚡️Interactive dashboard

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It's the beginning of the end of the fossil age. We are entering the clean power era. 📈Wind & solar hit 12% of global electricity in 2022 📉2022 forecast to be the 'peak' of emissions in the global power sector #GER2023

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NEW | EU's record growth in wind and solar avoids €11bn in gas costs during war A report from @e3g and @EmberClimate calls on EU energy ministers to back the increased renewables ambition of #REPowerEU .

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Renewables growth in Europe is already paying off. The EU generated a record 12% of its electricity from solar this summer, helping to avoid a potential €29 billion in fossil gas imports.

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NEW: Modelling reveals that #CleanPower2035 is crucial for 1.5C 🟩Cheapest pathways = 70-80% wind and solar ⬛️Coal phase-out by 2030 🔲<5% unabated fossil gas by 2035

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French farmers are covering crops with solar panels to produce food and energy at the same time

French farmers cover crops with solar panels to battle energy crisis

In the midst of the energy crisis gripping France, this farmer is using his land in innovative ways to produce electricity.

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Germany will target 100% renewable electricity by 2035 There is a clear consensus (see @IEA 🇩🇪🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦) that clean power in the mid-2030s is crucial for Net Zero.

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#2022Highlight Mapped: Solar and Wind Power by Country Data from Ember's Global Electricity Review #GER22 visualised by @VCElements @VisualCap @BrunoVenditti2

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The EU generated more electricity from renewables than fossil fuels for the first winter on record. Renewables accounted for 40% of the electricity mix between October and March, with fossil fuels at 37%.

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May was the first month ever where solar and wind produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels. 💪

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In the EU, Germany has the largest disparity between reported and independently estimated #coal mining emissions. Recent research found that 🇩🇪 emits between 28 to 220 times as much as it officially reports.

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BREAKING | 27 states and union territories need to step up in India’s race to 175 GW #renewables . @EmberClimate 🇮🇳 #IndiaRESTracker

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🇩🇪 produced 44% of the 🇪🇺 lignite in 2022, but reported 1% of the emissions from active surface mines in the EU. Methane from 🇩🇪 coal mines is visible from satellite data, indicating that coal mine methane emission data aren't adequately estimated.

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BIG news. We forecast that clean electricity will exceed the world's demand growth in 2023, meaning fossil generation will fall.

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🇪🇺⚡ Ranked: EU countries by share of clean electricity in 2022 How does your country measure up?

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NEW REPORT: Climate plans reveal 7 countries with the dirtiest electricity in 2030 will undermine EU climate goals 🇵🇱🇨🇿🇧🇬🇩🇪🇧🇪🇷🇴🇮🇹 Together they will account for 80% of EU power sector emissions because of their over-reliance on #fossilfuels . [1/3]

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🇵🇹 Portugal is the 4th EU country to stop burning #coal to produce electricity. Its coal phase-out rapidly accelerated since 2018.

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BREAKING | #Wind & #Solar hit a record TENTH of global electricity in 2021. But the global electricity transition needs to sustain high growth rates to replace coal & reduce emissions. ⚡️10 Tweet Thread of the Global Power Sector in 2021 [1/10] #GER22

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"Phasing out coal from the electricity sector is the single most important step to get in line with 1.5C goal" - UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres

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NEW ANALYSIS: Global #coal generation projected to fall by 5% in 2020, with the largest declines in 🇪🇺🇺🇸 It would be the largest annual decline ever seen, but still short of the 12% annual decrease needed for a 1.5 degree world.

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NEW | India’s Zombie Threat New report by @EmberClimate @ClimateHorizons

Report: India’s Zombie Threat

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BIG news. We forecast that clean electricity will exceed the world's demand growth in 2023, meaning fossil generation will fall.

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Renewables momentum is sweeping across Europe. ☀️ 🌪️

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🇪🇺⚡ Ranked: EU countries by share of #cleanelectricity in 2022 How does your country measure up?

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BREAKING | 🇮🇳 India has some way to go to reach 175 GW #RenewableEnergy this year. ⚡️ 8 Tweet Thread of India’s Race to 175 GW [1/8] #IndiaRESTracker

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Ember analysis shows that May was the first month ever where solar and wind combined produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels. 💪

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Solar and wind produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels for the first time ever this May. 💪

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OUT TODAY: #Wind and #Solar generated 10% of global electricity so far this year! 🇨🇳 10% 🇺🇸 12% 🇮🇳 10% 🇯🇵 10% 🇧🇷 10% 🇹🇷 13% 🇬🇧 33% 🇩🇪 42% Global wind and solar have DOUBLED since 2015. Ember's global half-year analysis:

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🇪🇸 Spain: 40% wind and solar last month 🏆 Spain achieved a new record in April 2022, for the first time generating 40% of its electricity from wind and solar power.

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NEW | Gas crisis interrupts EU coal exit Soaring gas prices in 2021 created a ‘paradigm shift’ for Europe's electricity transition. New renewables replaced costly gas instead of dirtier coal power, which slowed emissions declines.

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Renewables rose to a RECORD 44% of EU electricity generation in 2023, with wind surpassing gas for the first time 🌪️ Read the full #EER24 👇

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🇨🇱 Chile had one of the world's highest shares of #solar power last year. Read our Global Electricity Review:

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⚡ Big news: We forecast that clean electricity will exceed the world's growth in demand in 2023. Fossil generation (and power sector emissions) will fall as a result.

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⚡ Big news: We forecast that clean electricity will exceed the world's growth in demand in 2023. Fossil generation (and power sector emissions) will fall as a result.

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NEW ⚡️ 'Unspoken Consensus' on Zero-Carbon Power Official energy scenarios show that 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧 are all targeting clean electricity in the 2030s to hit #NetZero by 2050. #EarthDay #LeadersClimateSummit

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Electricity generation from wind and solar is surpassing coal across several countries, including 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇹 Even in 🇺🇸, wind and solar are gaining on coal. Discover more data insights from @OurWorldInData :

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A RECORD 27% of the EU's electricity came from wind and solar in 2023, with wind surpassing gas power for the first time 🌪️☀️🇪🇺 This drove renewables past the 40% mark for the first year in EU history, reaching 44% of the region’s electricity #EER24

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Solar and wind produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels for the first time ever this May. 💪

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Our interactive data dashboard lets you explore #electricity data for any country in the world... #OpenData #GER21 #Tableau #EnergyTwitter

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NEW REPORT | #Renewables beat #fossilfuels for the first time in Europe! Coal-fired electricity reaches historic low in the first half of 2020, squeezed on two fronts by growth in wind and solar and falling demand due to COVID-19 lockdowns.

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BREAKING: All of the world's top 10 coal power countries have now committed to #NetZero Not all are targeting 2050 - but the progress from last year is encouraging.

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Germany connected 1 GW of wind and solar to the grid in September.

Germany connects 1 GW of wind, solar to the grid in Sept

Germany switched on 273.13 MW of onshore wind, 99 MW of turbines at sea and 691.27 MW of new solar capacity in September, the Federal Network Agency said o

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Massive growth in solar, heat pumps and EVs set the EU on track to reach 45% renewables by 2030.

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Coal is on its way out in Europe. It fell a staggering ❗23%❗ in the EU in the first half of the year, and was less than 10% of the EU’s electricity generation for the first time ever in May.

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📉We forecast a record fall of 20% in EU fossil generation in 2023 - almost 2x the previous record in 2020. Why? Record growth in wind & solar, falling electricity demand and a return to normal for hydro reservoirs and French nuclear plants. #EER2023

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Wind & solar generated a record 12% of global electricity in 2022. By 2030 they need to reach 41%. The @IEA 's latest report finds there's enough manufacturing capacity to achieve the solar targets, but wind power faces supply chain and permitting issues.

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NEW DATA | Fossil gas prices continue to soar. This - not carbon pricing - is driving up the price of EU electricity.

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Wind and solar make good companions 🌪️☀️ Monthly data shows wind and solar complementing each other across seasons to provide stable output. #EER24

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Wind and solar are replacing coal power’s share in the #G20 In G20 countries, wind and solar reached a combined share of 13% of electricity in 2022, up from 5% in 2015. As a result, coal power fell from 43% of G20 electricity in 2015 to 39% in 2022.

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NEW 🇧🇷 Brazil passes 25% wind and solar for the first time

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🇩🇪 🇵🇱 Germany and Poland responsible for 2/3 of coal power emissions in the #EUETS in 2022

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Solar power is soaring across Europe ☀️ Not just in sunny southern countries 🇪🇸🇬🇷 - also in the north 🇳🇱🇧🇪 Where solar power is successful is due to policy, not just sunshine

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Europe did NOT have a coal comeback, like many feared. Instead, EU coal and gas generation FELL this winter, thanks to: 📉 A major drop in electricity demand 📈Record renewables generation

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BREAKING | Cumbria coal mine *understated* #methane risk and *overstated* mitigation potential. Lifetime emissions are likely to be 15x greater than estimated by @WCumbriaMining , and up to 41x if the mine fails to implement a mitigation plan. 🧵1/4

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