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Apr 15, 2023, 8 tweets

Research Report of the Week: The #Global #Electricity Review from Ember which is full of incredible information on what is going on in the world of electricity, #renewables etc

ember-climate.org/insights/resea…

1. #Wind and #solar reach a record 12% of global electricity in 2022

2. In 2022 growth in #renewables met 92% of the increase in global electricity demand

3. In #China, wind and solar met 69% of the growth in electricity demand in 2022

4. #Coal generation rose by 108 TWh (+1.1%) year on year, reaching a record high generation of 10,186 TWh with #india seeing the biggest growth (92TWh or 7% annual growth)

5. Global #gas generation declined slightly by 0.2% (-12 TWh) in 2022 compared to the previous year.

6. Global #nuclear electricity generation fell by 4.7% from 2,739 TWh in 2021 to 2,611 TWh in 2022, thanks mainly to problems in French nuclear and closures in Germany. This means that nuclear production last year was 10% lower than a decade ago.

7. 2022 may be “peak” power #emissions

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