Ascensão e Queda 2025 Rastreamento global das usinas de carvão

In 2024, the world commissioned the lowest amount of new coal capacity in twenty years (44 GW), though global capacity still saw a net increase of 18.8 GW. While the EU27 quadrupled its retirements and the UK closed its last coal plant, China and India saw record construction starts and proposals, respectively. Outside these two nations, development capacity has fallen for ten consecutive years. In Latin America, new proposals are nearly zero, though Brazil continues to provide significant government subsidies to keep existing plants operational despite the competitiveness of renewables.

• The year 2024 marked the lowest level of new coal power production in two decades, with 44 GW commissioned, which is nearly 30 GW below the 2004-2024 annual average of 72 GW.
• Despite low new production, global coal capacity increased by a net 18.8 GW in 2024 because the 44 GW of new capacity exceeded the 25.2 GW retired.
• China and India dominated new coal developments in 2024, together accounting for 92% of the world's proposed coal capacity (107 GW out of 116 GW). China had its highest number of construction starts since 2015 (94 GW), and India saw a record 38 GW in new proposals.
• The European Union (EU27) saw coal retirements quadruple in 2023, rising from 2.7 GW to 11 GW, with Germany leading the trend at 6.7 GW. The United Kingdom became the sixth country to fully eliminate coal power since the 2015 Paris Agreement by closing its last plant.
• In Brazil, government subsidies maintain coal plants despite their high costs and the competitiveness of renewables. Between 2020 and 2024, the government spent an average of R$ 1.07 billion (US$ 185 million) annually on coal generation subsidies. There is a risk that legislative actions could reinstate R$ 92 billion (US$ 16 billion) in contracted subsidies, potentially extending the operation of plants like Jorge Lacerda until 2050.
• Latin American coal proposals are nearly non-existent, with development capacity falling to 0.8 GW in 2024. Chile has closed 11 plants since 2018 and has committed to further retirements of 2.1 GW in 2025. Panama has committed to a total coal phase-out by 2026.
• In the OECD countries, coal plant proposals dropped from 142 in 2015 to five currently. However, to meet the Paris Agreement, annual retirements in the region must increase from 19 GW in 2024 to 70 GW by 2030.

APA

Global Energy Monitor (2025). Ascensão e Queda 2025 Rastreamento global das usinas de carvão. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/Boom-and-Bust-Coal-2025-Portuguese_3.pdf

Chicago

Global Energy Monitor. Ascensão e Queda 2025 Rastreamento global das usinas de carvão. 2025. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/Boom-and-Bust-Coal-2025-Portuguese_3.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalenergymonitor2025ascenso, author = {{Global Energy Monitor}}, title = {{Ascensão e Queda 2025 Rastreamento global das usinas de carvão}}, institution = {Global Energy Monitor}, year = {2025}, month = apr, url = {https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/Boom-and-Bust-Coal-2025-Portuguese_3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }