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🌍 Webinar Alert: Unveiling GEM’s Africa Energy Tracker! 🌍 📅 Date: Wednesday, September 4th ⏰ Time: 5pm EAT / 2pm UTC We’re excited to present an exclusive webinar showcasing GEM’s new Africa Energy Tracker. This comprehensive dataset maps energy infrastructure across North and sub-Saharan Africa, covering essential sectors such as oil and gas, coal, and renewables. In this webinar, you will: 1️⃣ Explore Insights: Discover data on power generation, extraction sites, and fuel movement. 2️⃣ See a Live Demo: Julie Joly, GEM’s Program Director for Oil and Gas, will demonstrate the tracker’s features and how it can enhance your work. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gqMKhKf3 Can’t attend live? Register anyway to receive the recording! Don’t miss this chance to delve into Africa’s energy infrastructure and see how our tracker can support your research and advocacy efforts. See you there!

Excited to share GEM's next webinar presenting the Africa Energy Tracker on September 4th 5pm EAT / 2pm UTC / 10am EST! In 3000+ units it showcases the continent's energy infrastructure system from extraction to power generating plants to the movement of fuels. Each project also has a dedicated wiki page that provides details such as the project’s status, capacity, and ownership!

🇨🇳 NEW BRIEFING | China puts coal on back burner as renewables soar 👇 w/Global Energy Monitor 🔋 As new renewable energy installations are now capable of meeting all incremental power demand in China, need for new coal is waning & government may be embracing this change - yet more to be done ⚡️ In H1 2024, China reduced coal power permits by approximately 80% compared to H1 2023 ☀️💨 Since 2023, China has added over 400 gigawatts (GW) of new solar & wind power, driving down China’s coal power generation by 7% from June 2023 to June 2024 💡 The current decline in coal power activity can also be seen in the reduction of new & revived coal power proposals, totalling 37 gigawatts (GW) in early 2024, down from 60 GW in early 2023 💡 Challenges do persist, with over 40 GW of coal power initiated in H1 2024, nearly matching 2022 & accounting for more than 90% of new global constructions Government target of commissioning 80 GW of coal-fired power in 2024 could also mean project completion surge in H2 2024 The full briefing is now available here: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eBstdEyf #China #CleanEnergy #CleanAir #Coal #Renewables #Solar #Wind

🌍💧 Our new Oil & Gas Extraction dashboard highlights the ongoing push for new projects despite climate warnings. 🔹 Key figures: 6,360 operating fields, 396 discovered, and 224 in development—far exceeding what's needed to stay within 1.5°C limits. 🔍 Explore the global impact: See where these projects are happening and their implications for our climate future. https://lnkd.in/gAFHFWfz

🇨🇳 China's rapid shift towards renewable energy is driven by a clear strategy: 1) strengthening its national energy security and 2) boosting its economy by establishing its leading role in the global green industry supply chain. 🌍🔋 Global Energy Monitor's Sophie Lu sheds light on these dynamics in a recent interview, explaining the challenges and opportunities China faces. For a deeper dive into this topic, check out our latest briefing on China's leadership in wind and solar energy: https://lnkd.in/e8Adfqp3

China 🇨🇳 is dominating the global nuclear energy landscape, rapidly expanding its #NuclearPower capacity faster than any other nation this century. 🔹 China is responsible for half of all new nuclear projects worldwide. 🔹 Despite a moratorium on inland nuclear development post-Fukushima, China is on track to surpass France as the world’s second-largest nuclear fleet, trailing only the U.S. 🔹 The buildout could have been even larger if not for the suspension of 201 GW of inland nuclear capacity. While GEM’s data suggests this rapid buildout is likely to continue, China’s simultaneous investment in utility-scale solar and wind power may reduce the need for further nuclear additions. 🔗 Read the full briefing for more insights: https://lnkd.in/e3mDa_Dy

GEM is seeking a new Project Manager for our Global Wind Power Tracker in our Renewables and Other Power Trackers Program. Please take a look and share with anyone you who may be interested! https://lnkd.in/eMeASZAz The Renewables and Other Power team's research program focuses on producing global facility-level datasets that reflect the current and future utility-scale solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, bioenergy, and nuclear landscapes. The Renewables and Other Power Program publishes the following trackers: Global Solar Power Tracker, Global Wind Power Tracker, Global Hydropower Tracker, Global Geothermal Tracker, Global Bioenergy Power Tracker and the Global Nuclear Power Tracker.

Check out Canary Media's post echoing the findings of our Pedal to the Metal 2024 [https://lnkd.in/gX_x7u6e] report. Steelmaking decarbonization is still in its infancy, but the promising trend of increased adoption of electric arc furnaces will significantly cut industrial emissions. Global Energy Monitor is committed to bringing open-access data to help speed up a more sustainable, inclusive and prosperous future. Follow us to keep up with data and report releases. We are working hard to release the first Global Cement and Concrete Tracker[https://lnkd.in/geP4pSA7] and the Global Iron Mines Tracker [https://lnkd.in/g3nAyyWW]. Stay tuned!

Really fantastic report by Jordan Dilworth and Eunjung Lee at E3G! -> Investment treaties with investor-state dispute (ISDS) provisions are misaligned with international climate efforts, protecting up to 2 gigatonnes (Gt) of greenhouse gas emissions. -> Of the 58,281 #FossilFuel assets identified by E3G, 6,860 (12%) were protected by ISDS, representing 62% of fossil fuel assets owned by foreign investors. I'm happy to see a great use of Global Energy Monitor's Global Energy Ownership Tracker (and several other of our trackers as well). https://lnkd.in/ga7a5jZg

Steel too much coal Around 1.9 billion tons of steel was produced in 2023 (https://lnkd.in/eErbadvp) and the sector is responsible for 7% of global GHG emissions and 11% of global CO2 emissions (https://lnkd.in/eZ9dZn-C). More than half of steel production is in China At the moment, steel production is a coal story as illustrated in the figure below. 70% of it is produced in blast furnaces using coal. While alternative and less CO2 intensive technologies are being introduced there is still about 300 million tons per year of announced new capacity (they might not all materialize). Low carbon projects (direct reduction with hydrogen) are being built but still faces challenges- not the least the lack of cheap green hydrogen (https://lnkd.in/eQSyqzcJ) Global Energy Monitor recently published its « Pedal to the metal » report which tracks the evolution of the steel and iron making sector. It tracks about 1200 plants in 89 countries. A lot of information to understand how the sector is evolving. A reminder also: steel is one of the pillars of our world- everything around us contains it or it made with tools made of steel (https://lnkd.in/e-xbi355) Link to the report: https://lnkd.in/eVFud52D #steel #energytransition