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Global coal use at power plants will peak in 2023, Rystad says
Global power-production from coal will peak this year as surging deployment of renewables displaces the dirtiest fossil fuel, according to research from Rystad Energy.
Burning coal will produce about 10,373 terawatt-hours of electricity worldwide in 2023 and then slip to 10,332 terawatt-hours next year, according to a Monday report from the Oslo-based research company.
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State of Play
The use of coal, a staple of heating and electricity-generation for decades, is in decline in the United States — supplanted by newly abundant production of natural gas — but is still dominant in some parts of the world. While economical, coal use is particularly problematic as international attention focuses increasingly on climate change.