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Canadian LNG Will Stall Asia’s Shift to Renewables, Energy Experts in Asia Say

DeSmogBlog

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution.

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Global Coal Consumption Returns To Record Levels

R-Squared Energy

Previous articles discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , the overall highlights of the Review, the production and consumption of petroleum, and natural gas production and consumption. Coal Emissions In 2022, coal comprised 26.7% That was behind oil (31.6%), but ahead of natural gas (23.5%).

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Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels. Primary Global Energy Consumption 2022 ROBERT RAPIER Global energy demand grew by 1.1% growth in 2021.

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Global Coal Consumption Surged In 2021

R-Squared Energy

This article is the fifth in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022. Previous articles covered overall energy consumption , carbon dioxide emissions , petroleum supply and demand, and global natural gas trends. Coal contains a higher percentage of carbon than does oil or natural gas.

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Low carbon generation set to meet electricity demand growth – IEA

Smart Energy International

growth of 2022, attributing this to declines in advanced countries due to the lacklustre macroeconomic environment and high inflation. Significant extra demand also is expected from outside these economies, in particular in China, India and countries in Southeast Asia. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2%

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Enel Subsidiary to Close Coal Capacity in Spain

GreenTechMedia

In the first half of 2019, the company generated half as much power from its coal fleet as it did in the same period last year, without closing any capacity. In November last year, Spain’s government said its last coal and nuclear power plants would be closed by 2030. Europe's coal phase out.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer.

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