Surveillance du portefeuille mondial des centrales de production électrique au charbon

In 2025, global coal capacity increased by 3.5% while production fell by 0.6%, as new plants are increasingly built for backup reliability rather than primary generation. This trend is most prominent in China and India, where renewables are meeting most new demand. While the number of countries developing coal projects fell to 32, political interventions in the US and energy security concerns in the EU have delayed planned closures. The EU continues a terminal decline in coal, with solar and wind producing more energy than all fossil fuels combined for the first time in 2025.

• There is a widening divergence between the addition of coal capacity and its actual use; in 2025, global capacity grew by 3.5% while production decreased by 0.6%.
• China and India are the primary drivers of new capacity, with 95% of all global coal capacity under construction located in these two countries. In China, new projects and reactivations reached a record 161.7 GW in 2025.
• Coal capacity is increasingly being maintained as a backup or 'dépannage' source for grid stability and energy security rather than for daily production, particularly in China, India, and the US.
• The geographic footprint of coal development is shrinking, with the number of countries proposing or building new plants dropping from 75 in 2014 to 32 in 2025. Latin America reached a status of having no new coal proposals in 2025.
• Planned coal plant closures are frequently delayed; nearly 70% of units scheduled for retirement in 2025 remained in service, including 69% in the EU and 59% in the US.
• The European Union is experiencing a terminal decline in coal, with coal's share of total electricity production falling to 9.2% in 2025 from 24.6% in 2015. In 2025, solar and wind energy production in the EU exceeded that of all fossil fuels for the first time.
• The United States was the only major economy to increase coal production in 2025, attributed to policy changes that hindered clean energy deployment.
• Indonesia's coal fleet grew by 7% in 2025, with a significant portion of the increase dedicated to 'captive' coal for nickel and aluminum processing.

APA

Global Energy Monitor (2026). Surveillance du portefeuille mondial des centrales de production électrique au charbon. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/2026-05/Boom%20and%20Bust%202026_French%20layout.pdf

Chicago

Global Energy Monitor. Surveillance du portefeuille mondial des centrales de production électrique au charbon. 2026. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/2026-05/Boom%20and%20Bust%202026_French%20layout.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalenergymonitor2026surveillance, author = {{Global Energy Monitor}}, title = {{Surveillance du portefeuille mondial des centrales de production électrique au charbon}}, institution = {Global Energy Monitor}, year = {2026}, month = may, url = {https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/2026-05/Boom%20and%20Bust%202026_French%20layout.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }