Energy Mix
The world therefore needs to shift away from fossil fuels to an energy mix dominated by low-carbon sources of energy – renewable technologies and nuclear power. What does our energy mix look like
To meet climate goals, electric utilities should be decarbonizing their power production, but historical analyses of this process are scarce. Using machine learning and data from more than 3,000 utilities globally, Galina Alova shows that even utilities that prioritize renewable energy continue to grow their fossil fuelled generation capacity.
By comparison, 34% of the utilities in the RE-prioritizing cluster had on average negative growth in either their coal or gas capacity, with 15% reducing both. European companies account for over 40% of the latter.
Moreover, DEWA has a 2.4 GW Hassyan coal power station under construction that, once completed, will further grow its FF asset base. That said, it also has nearly 3 GW of further solar capacity in the pipeline. In terms of coal, Asian companies had the highest growth.
We see that until the mid-19th century, traditional biomass – the burning of solid fuels such as wood, crop waste, or charcoal – was the dominant energy source used worldwide. But with the Industrial Revolution came the rise of coal; followed by oil, gas; and hydropower by the turn of the 20th century.
The world therefore needs to shift away from fossil fuels to an energy mix dominated by low-carbon sources of energy – renewable technologies and nuclear power. What does our energy mix look like
In particular, we ask whether and how these projects reinforce extraction and reproduce the power of the incumbent fossil fuel companies within the energy system?
China is second in the table, accounting for roughly another quarter of the global total. The UK is ninth, emitting 0.2 billion tonnes. At absolute best, coal and nuclear power stations run at
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