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        "msgid": "fact-the-worlds-surge-in-coal-fired-power-plants-in-2025-yet-low-coal-usage-1779542902",
        "date": "2026-05-21 08:40:00",
        "title": "Fact! The World's Surge in Coal-Fired Power Plants in 2025, Yet Low Coal Usage",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "Global energy trends show that while more coal-fired plants were built, global coal consumption declined slightly as renewables expanded. The United States leads in new coal plant capacity, with China and India increasing capacity but reducing output amid a shift toward wind and solar.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia \u2014 The world is constructing and operating\nmore coal-fired steam power plants (PLTU) in 2025. However, it has\nemerged that global coal use is also relatively low. This was reported\nby Global Energy Monitor (GEM) on Wednesday. The report says that rising\naffordability and abundance of renewable energy, particularly solar and\nwind, are claimed to meet the electricity needs of the majority of\npeople globally. \u201cThis helps lower global coal-fired electricity\nproduction by 0.6% in 2025 compared with the previous year,\u201d the report\nsaid, quoted by Global Energy Monitor, which has tracked coal-fired\npower plants for more than a decade, as reported by AFP on Thursday (21\nMay 2026). In detail, production declines, the capacity of coal-fired\nplants that began operations or were in operation, rose by 3.5% last\nyear. The vast majority of that, 95%, is in China and India. \u201cChina\u2019s\ncoal-fired capacity grew by 6% last year, but coal-fired electricity\nproduction fell by 1.2%, partly due to rapid growth in renewable energy\ncapacity,\u201d it said. \u201cThe same occurred in India, where capacity grew by\nalmost 4%, although production fell by almost 3%,\u201d the agency added.\nAccording to Christine Shearer, project manager of the Global Coal Plant\nTracker GEM and co-author of the report, many provinces and states in\nChina and India leading coal development are major energy-producing\nregions. They, she said, have \u201cstrong industrial incentives to continue\nbuilding coal-fired power plants\u201d. It should be noted that China views\ncoal as a reliable solution for supplying renewable energy that is\nunstable, especially after electricity shortages in recent years. India,\nthe world\u2019s most populous country, is heavily dependent on coal to meet\nsurging electricity demand. Meanwhile, the United States is now the\ncountry building the most coal-fired plants. This is due to delays in\nending coal-fired plants by the government. \u201cUS coal-fired power\ngeneration has increased by more than 80 TWh year on year, a figure so\nlarge that no other country comes close,\u201d said Shearer. \u201cThe surge is\nnot only a function of growth in demand, but also reflects a policy\nenvironment that is actively encouraging it,\u201d she added. Globally,\ncoal-fired power generation has risen 0.3% year-to-date. In contrast,\nwind and solar power generation has jumped 10%.<\/p>",
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