Record clean-power growth in 2023 to spark ‘new era’ of fossil fuel decline

Apr 17, 2023

As per the climate think tank Ember, low-carbon sources will cover more than 100% of the growth in electricity demand by the end of 2023. Image: Pexels/Kindel Media

Josh Gabbatiss

Author, Carbon Brief

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Global electricity demand has been rising for decades, due to rising populations, increasing industrialisation and higher incomes. Image: Ember/Carbon Brief.

Global electricity demand has been rising for decades, due to rising populations, increasing industrialisation and higher incomes. Image: Ember.

Global coal capacity added and lost each year, gigawatts (GW), 2000-2022. The red line indicates net change when both additions and losses are considered. electricity demand

Global coal capacity added and lost each year, gigawatts. Image: Ember.

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Year-on-year change in global capacity of low-carbon power sources, excluding wind and solar, 2000-2022.

Year-on-year change in global capacity of low-carbon power sources, excluding wind and solar. Image: Ember.

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