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In Southeast Asia, the transition from coal to clean energy is a challenging yet vital endeavor. Cipher News' latest article, penned by Bill Spindle, dives into this issue. With coal plants in Southeast Asia accounting for 60% of Asia's energy consumption, the road to phasing out coal is slow but necessary. Read more on Cipher: https://nt-z.ro/3yaOfRo

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Asia’s coal fleet is the youngest and busiest in the world, especially in Southeast Asia. They are slated to contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades. But closing them down is impossible in a region that is seeing some of the fastest, as most economically necessary, energy growth in the world. It’s one of the knottiest challenges of the energy transition, both critical and expensive, requiring economically developed countries with financial resources to work together with the developing countries where these coal plants are operating. Bill Spindle visited Southeast Asia to look at some ways to chip away at the problem. https://nt-z.ro/3YeBtMC

The International Energy Agency (IEA)'s latest mid-year coal update makes for sobering reading - with record levels of consumption from 2023 likely to be sustained over the next two years, largely because of demand from emerging Asia. But as ANGEA CEO Paul Everingham writes, it also points to the potential of natural gas as a lower-carbon alternative that can help Asia reduce emissions even as strong economic and population growth continues. --- 💡 We are the voice of the gas industry in Asia 📖 Follow us for insights, data and policy on the pathway to a reliable, low-carbon energy future #naturalgas #lng #energysecurity #energytransition #decarbonisation #decarbonization

‘Turning Point for Coal on the Horizon’: Demand Exepcted to Decline by 2026 The-14 #CleanEnergy #Coal #CoalDemand #IEA #Energy #CoalDecline #CleanEnergyShift #ClimateAction #RenewableEnergy #GreenTransition #SustainableFuture #AsiaEnergyShift #ClimateGoals

Is the world moving away from coal - the most polluting source of energy?I read the points below and surprisingly, the answer is - much slower than before. 1. Global operating coal capacity grew by 2% in 2023, with China driving two- thirds of new additions. 2. Coal plant capacity increased by of 48.4 Giga Watt in 2023 - the highest net increase since 2016. 3. About as many countries opened new coal plant units as shut units down in 2023 4. Coal-fired plants retired were at lowest level in over a decade 5. China and ten other countries account for 95% of planned increase in coal power capacity #sustainability #ParisAgreement https://lnkd.in/gkSvbrrf

Mineral demand for use in electric vehicles (EVs) and battery storage is a major force, growing at least 30 times in the years up to 2040, writes Theresa Smith, ESI Africa News Editor. Did you know that the typical electric vehicle needs six times more mineral inputs than a conventional vehicle? The International Energy Agency (IEA) report on The Role of #CriticalMinerals in #CleanEnergy Transitions reminds us that the mineral resources needed in the #energytransition vary by technology. https://lnkd.in/eT4r-peR

Fascinating insight from Hannah Ritchie that even though China is building more coal plants it might burn less coal. As the transition to renewables intensifies, the coal plants will be used with lower frequency. Confirmed by data. https://lnkd.in/gybwkW-2

Yes, 30 million tons is a lot of minerals needed to get to a clean energy transition by 2040 - we can do it sustainably if we focus. Perspective: we burned 7.5 billion tons of coal dug from the ground in 2021. A billion is 1000 times a million, so we use 250 times more tons of coal in one year than the TOTAL minerals needed for clean energy to replace it - all numbers courtesy of the IEA.

I am quoted in Newsweek article by Aadil Brar, which is building on the @PowerMAg piece I was cited in earlier to discuss #China's increased use of coal plants, and how #Beijing responds to the apparent contradiction between its commitment to greener policies and heavier use of coal. Can #China have the best of both worlds? #energy #energysecurity #energycrisis #fossilfuels #eastasia #decarbonization #greenergy #greenenergysolutions #greenenergyrevoltion #netzero #netzero2050 #netzeroemissions