| Carbon emissions still rising 09:19 - Jul 1 with 457 views | CoachRob |
The Energy Institute's annual report on the energy sector was published yesterday and as expected it is pretty grim reading.
"Global CO2 emissions from the energy sector rose by 1.1% to 35,806.2 million tonnes of CO2. More than a third of that rise was from the US. Europe’s CO2 emissions from the energy sector increased by 0.5%. North America had the second-largest regional growth rate for energy emissions at 2.7% (after Africa at 2.8%) and largest growth in absolute
terms of 152.3 million tonnes of CO2, bucking the region’s 10-year decline trend of -0.7%.
In absolute terms, the increase in US emissions was four times greater than that of China."
On total energy supply (TES), "Renewables were the largest source of TES growth for the first time outside of a recession, with solar power accounting for 71% of this increase. Fossil fuels continued to expand in absolute terms and retained their dominant position, accounting for 86% of TES. All sources of energy supply, globally, saw increases in 2025."
On coal consumption,"Global coal consumption grew by 0.7% in 2025, in a year full of significant changes in major coal-consuming regions. In China, coal consumption was flat year-on-year, as a result of slower demand for coking coal and a significant increase
in solar generation.
India’s coal consumption increased by 0.6% year-on-year, much lower than the 10-year average growth of 3.6%.
The US saw 10% growth in coal consumption, as a 50% increase in US gas prices shifted power plant economics, causing a significant switch from gas to coal generation."
One glimmer of hope is the increase in small-scale solar photovoltaics which the report cites Pakistan as an example of how rapid this deployment can be.
"In Pakistan, behind-the-meter and off grid solar capacity now total 23.4GW, up from 2.1GW in 2021. This rapid scaleup was influenced by surging power prices in 2022 as the country struggled to secure LNG cargoes, combined with an already expensive and unreliable transmission system. At the same time, the price of solar panels had fallen dramatically, and Pakistan levied no tax on solar panel imports."
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| Carbon emissions still rising on 09:32 - Jul 1 with 404 views | baxterbasics |
Well I'm doing my bit. Switched to an electric car last year and I haven't done an air travel in over two years.
My meat consumption is still a little high but making further sacrifices seems futile when the USA isn't on board. |  |
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| Carbon emissions still rising on 17:10 - Jul 1 with 200 views | Clapham_Junction |
There have been some stories recently about how Trump hates offshore wind so much, having failed to get planned projects abandoned by legal means, he is now getting the US government to pay the companies to scrap them. |  | | |
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