Sentences with phrase «source of global electricity generation»

«Coal currently fuels approximately 40 percent of global electricity and is expected to be an essential source of global electricity generation and steel making for many decades to come.»

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Offshore wind is a rising force, but remains for the moment a relatively marginal one at 0.2 % of global electricity generation; wind and other marine technologies face stiff competition from a range of onshore options, including other low - carbon sources of generation.

As the dirtiest form of electricity generation, coal is responsible for 40 % of global greenhouse gas emissions and is a major source of air and water pollution.

While coal currently supplies 37 % of total global electricity, in 2040 it will still be the largest single source of electricity generation at 26 %

Nuclear energy is a mature low - GHG emission source of baseload power, but its share of global electricity generation has been declining (since 1993).

A region that relies more heavily on coal - powered electricity generation, for example, rated worse for global warming emissions than a region using more renewable sources of energy.

Not only is nuclear power one of the most prevalent sources of zero - carbon electricity, representing an estimated 1/3 of global clean energy generation, it is also seeing tremendous growth with 64 nuclear facilities under construction around the world.

«Solar is forging ahead in global power markets as it becomes the cheapest source of electricity generation in many places, including China and India,» said Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA's executive director.