World burned less coal in 2025, but built more plants over energy uncertainty

Mongabay
May 21, 2026, 2:46 am186 ptsTrendingTop
Coal use across the world continued to drop in 2025, but there was an increase in the capacity to burn it, according to an annual report by data analysis group Global Energy Monitor. Overall power generation from coal declined by 0.6% last year, but the amount that was on call if needed for power grids rose by…

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