Key points Nearly half a million workers (414,200) operate mines that may reach their end of operation before 2035, affecting on average 100 workers per day. By 2050, nearly 1 million coal mine jobs (990,200) will no longer exist at operating mines given …
Coal has been built out excessively in Indonesia over the last decade. The country’s coal fleet is very young, with three-quarters of operating coal capacity built since 2005. For grid power, Indonesia is experiencing overcapacity, and multiple coal-fired …
Key points Global oil- and gas-fired power plants in development — projects that have been announced or are in the pre-construction and construction phases — increased 13% last year to 783 gigawatts (GW) Nearly two-thirds of this capacity and cost is in …
Arabic-speaking nations of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased renewable capacity by 57% to 19 GW and are expected to increase by half again by 2024, but the region still needs twenty times that amount of renewables to replace existing gas- …
Alyssa Moore, GEM, Nichole Heil, Private Equity Stakeholder project, and Oscar Valdés Viera, Americans for Financial reform education Fund
As much of the northern hemisphere reels under the devastating impact of climate change brought out in clear relief during the summer of 2023, China continues unveiling more coal projects, defying both the government’s plans and the state of the world. …
Flora Champenois, Zhang Xing, and Lauri Myllyvirta, Qin Qi,CREA
San Francisco, U.S. – At least 19 new gas fields across Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Brunei were sanctioned or are expected to be sanctioned by 2025, despite the scientific consensus that no new oil and gas exploration can take place while keeping …
At least 19 new gas fields across Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Brunei were sanctioned or are expected to be sanctioned by 2025, despite the scientific consensus that no new oil and gas exploration can take place while keeping global temperature …
New Delhi, 8 August – According to a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), close to 11.5 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity under development moved forward through various approval stages in …
According to a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), close to 11.5 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity under development moved forward through various approval stages in the first five months …
Global coal-based steelmaking capacity under development increased to 380 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) in 2022 from 350 mtpa in 2021, at a time when these coal-based blast furnace-basic oxygen furnaces must be transitioned to cleaner technologies in …
China is on track to double its utility-scale solar and wind power capacity and shatter the central government’s ambitious 2030 target of 1,200 gigawatts (GW) five years ahead of schedule, if all prospective projects are successfully built and commissioned …
This post first appeared in Energy Tracker Asia. Over 60% of global gas-fired capacity in development is based in Asia. More than half of this capacity is concentrated in East Asia and Southeast Asia. With an estimated cost of nearly US$338 billion in …
San Francisco, U.S. – A massive planned buildout of pumped storage hydropower in Eastern Asia, driven by China, would allow this region to single-handedly meet the International Renewable Energy Agency’s target of 420 gigawatts (GW) of pumped storage …
A massive planned buildout of pumped storage hydropower in Eastern Asia, driven by China, would allow this region to single-handedly meet the International Renewable Energy Agency’s target of 420 gigawatts (GW) of pumped storage worldwide by 2050, …
A new investigation released today reveals that the Carlyle Group (Carlyle), a private equity titan with $373 billion in assets under management, has been quietly scooping up fossil fuel assets over the past decade, in contravention of its stated climate …
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Global Energy Monitor, and Private Equity Stakeholder Project
Bogotá, Colombia – Colombia’s coal mining sector could double its methane emissions, adding up to 216 thousand tonnes per year if the country’s proposed mines are developed and operations resume at two Cesar department coal mines, according to a briefing …
Colombia's coal mining sector could double its methane emissions, adding up to 216 thousand tonnes per year if the country's proposed mines are developed and operations resume at two Cesar department coal mines, according to a briefing by Global …
