Yükseliş ve Çöküş 2019 KÜRESEL KÖMÜRLÜ TERMİK SANTRAL TAKİBİ
Summary
This March 2019 report by Global Energy Monitor, Sierra Club, and Greenpeace analyzes global trends in coal-fired power plant capacity. It highlights a general decline in new construction and pre-construction activities, alongside record retirements, while noting that China remains a significant outlier due to the resumption of previously suspended projects and its role as a primary financier of coal infrastructure globally.
Key insights
- The year 2018 marked the third consecutive year of decline across major growth indicators for coal-based electricity generation, including construction starts, pre-construction activities, and project completions.
- Global coal plant retirements continued at a record pace in 2018, with the United States leading the trend by retiring 17.6 GW of capacity, despite efforts by the Trump administration to keep aging plants operational.
- Pre-construction capacity for coal plants dropped significantly from 1,090 GW in 2015 to 339 GW in 2018, driven largely by sharp decreases in China and India.
- China is an exception to the global decline in coal development; construction capacity increased by 12% in 2018 to 236 GW because the central government quietly resumed construction on over 50 GW of previously suspended capacity.
- China's influence on global coal is substantial, as it finances more than 50% of all coal-fired power capacity currently under development worldwide, including its own domestic projects.
- In India, new solar and wind capacity exceeded new coal capacity for the second consecutive year in 2018, as coal projects faced financial pressure and competition from cheaper renewables.
- Turkey's coal capacity reached 19 GW in 2018, adding 330 MW that year. While the government supports new coal, public opposition is high, with only 17% of survey respondents favoring coal over renewables.
- According to IPCC analysis, current operational coal plants with average lifespans will produce emissions that exceed the limits required to keep global warming within 1.5°C or 2°C.
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- Shearer, C., Mathew-Shah, N., Myllyvirta, L., Yu, A., & Nace, T. (2019). Yükseliş ve Çöküş 2019 KÜRESEL KÖMÜRLÜ TERMİK SANTRAL TAKİBİ. Global Energy Monitor. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/BoomAndBust_2019_t2_11.pdf
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- Shearer, Christine, Neha Mathew-Shah, Lauri Myllyvirta, Aiqun Yu, and Ted Nace. Yükseliş ve Çöküş 2019 KÜRESEL KÖMÜRLÜ TERMİK SANTRAL TAKİBİ. Global Energy Monitor, 2019. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/BoomAndBust_2019_t2_11.pdf.
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- {{cite report |last1=Shearer |first1=Christine |last2=Mathew-Shah |first2=Neha |last3=Myllyvirta |first3=Lauri |last4=Yu |first4=Aiqun |last5=Nace |first5=Ted |title=Yükseliş ve Çöküş 2019 KÜRESEL KÖMÜRLÜ TERMİK SANTRAL TAKİBİ |publisher=Global Energy Monitor |date=March 2019 |url=https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/BoomAndBust_2019_t2_11.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @techreport{shearer2019ykseli, author = {Shearer, Christine and Mathew-Shah, Neha and Myllyvirta, Lauri and Yu, Aiqun and Nace, Ted}, title = {{Yükseliş ve Çöküş 2019 KÜRESEL KÖMÜRLÜ TERMİK SANTRAL TAKİBİ}}, institution = {Global Energy Monitor}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/BoomAndBust_2019_t2_11.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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