Auge y caída del carbón 2025

The report 'Auge y caída del carbón 2025' by Global Energy Monitor analyzes global coal power trends in 2024, highlighting a record low in new capacity additions globally, despite significant construction surges in China and new proposals in India. It details the acceleration of coal phase-outs in the EU and the UK, while examining the persistence of coal subsidies in Brazil and the challenges of transitioning in other regions like Colombia and Southeast Asia.

• In 2024, the world commissioned the lowest amount of new coal power capacity in two decades, totaling 44 GW, which is nearly 30 GW below the annual average from 2004 to 2024.
• Despite the global decline, China and India dominated new coal developments in 2024, together representing 92% of all proposed global coal capacity (107 GW out of 116 GW). China saw its highest level of construction starts since 2015 with 94 GW, while India recorded a record 38 GW in new proposals.
• The European Union (EU27) saw coal retirements quadruple from 2.7 GW in 2023 to 11 GW in 2024, with Germany accounting for more than half of that capacity (6.7 GW). The EU's operational coal capacity decreased by a record 12.4% in 2024.
• The United Kingdom became the sixth country to completely eliminate coal power since the 2015 Paris Agreement after closing its final coal plant in 2024.
• In Brazil, coal power is sustained by significant government subsidies, averaging R$1.07 billion (US$185 million) annually between 2020 and 2024. Despite this, new coal proposals in Latin America have remained stagnant since 2019, and no new units were commissioned in the region in 2024.
• OECD countries have seen coal proposals drop 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 per year until 2030.
• Colombia has committed to phasing out coal power by 2030 as a member of the PPCA, though a government 'Just Energy Transition' scenario suggests a full elimination by 2037.

APA

Global Energy Monitor (2025). Auge y caída del carbón 2025. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/Boom-Bust-Coal-2025-Spanish_3.pdf

Chicago

Global Energy Monitor. Auge y caída del carbón 2025. 2025. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/Boom-Bust-Coal-2025-Spanish_3.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalenergymonitor2025auge, author = {{Global Energy Monitor}}, title = {{Auge y caída del carbón 2025}}, institution = {Global Energy Monitor}, year = {2025}, month = apr, url = {https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/Boom-Bust-Coal-2025-Spanish_3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }