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OnlinePoker

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Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:38 PM Tuesday

Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records

Coal power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, the first simultaneous drop in half a century, after each nation added record amounts of clean energy.

The new analysis for Carbon Brief shows that electricity generation from coal in India fell by 3.0% year-on-year (57 terawatt hours, TWh) and in China by 1.6% (58TWh).

The last time both countries registered a drop in coal power output was in 1973.

The fall in 2025 is a sign of things to come, as both countries added a record amount of new clean-power generation last year, which was more than sufficient to meet rising demand.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coal-power-drops-in-china-and-india-for-first-time-in-52-years-after-clean-energy-records/#:~:text=China's%20recent%20clean-energy%20generation,electricity%20demand%20growth%20accelerates%20again.

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Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records (Original Post) OnlinePoker Tuesday OP
The US under Trump has ceded its leadership on clean energy to China... CousinIT Tuesday #1
Yay! pandr32 Tuesday #2
combined with a mild recession as both lapfog_1 Tuesday #3

CousinIT

(12,290 posts)
1. The US under Trump has ceded its leadership on clean energy to China...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:40 PM
Tuesday

...and the US will be MUCH WORSE OFF because of it.

What a stupid fucking jackass Trump is.

lapfog_1

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3. combined with a mild recession as both
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:41 PM
Tuesday

countries reset their trade policies to find new markets for their products due to Trump's disastrous tariffs.

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