40.8 % of the world's electricity is supplied by coal.
40.8 % of the world's electricity is supplied by coal.
what percentage of the world's electricity is supplied by coal?
40.8 %
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despite the cuts to coal production and falling percentage of coal in the energy mix, electricity consumption is expected to grow by 3.6-4 percent over 2016 to 2020 according to the thirteenth plan (2016–2020). according to the same five-year plan, coal power capacity will be expanded from 960 gw to under 1,100 gw by the end of 2020 to meet some of the continued growth in electricity demand. indeed, in the first two months of 2016, china had added 22 gw of capacity, 14 gw of which was coal, according to the china electricity council. to curtail the continued rapid construction of coal fired power plants, strong action was taken in april of the same year by the national energy administration (nea), which issued a directive curbing construction in many parts of the country. this was followed up in january 2017 when the nea canceled a further 103 coal power plants, eliminating 120 gigawatts of future coal-fired capacity, despite the resistance of local authorities mindful of the need to create jobs. the decreasing rate of construction is due to the realization that too many power plants had been built and some existing plants were being used far below capacity.
electricity sector in china