Not exact matches
Still, Denmark has in fact used its wind
capacity to
decrease coal use and carbon emissions.
The Clean Energy Future: Protecting the Climate, Creating Jobs, and Saving Money puts forth a plan that expands renewable energy and energy efficiency, phases out all
coal - fired power by 2050, and
decreases natural gas
capacity, along with modest changes in other sectors.
«Outside the OECD,
coal generation in China, the centre of global
coal demand,
decreased in 2015 due to a reduction in electricity demand, coupled with an increased generation from hydro and nuclear.1 Despite the
decrease in generation in 2015, 52 GW of
coal - fired generation
capacity was added in China in 2015, and roughly 150 GW is currently under construction.
In the US, for example, the average
capacity factor of
coal units has
decreased from 61 % in 2014 to 53 % in 2016.