Coal-fired power consumption spikes 8% in 2018: Survey

Despite the spike in coal-fired generation, the pace of new coal capacity added to grids in developing nations is slowing, according to Climatescope. New construction of coal-fired power plants fell to the lowest level in a decade in 2018. After peaking at 84GW of new capacity added in 2015, coal project completions plummeted to 39GW in 2018.

from Energy-Industry-Economic Times https://ift.tt/34iRqm7