BREAK: Xi Jinping says China will stop building coal plants overseas. This almost completely ends the international finance of coal in a single sentence.— Karl Mathiesen (@KarlMathiesen) September 21, 2021
coal electricity share is in the mid 80s somewhere. you're thinking of primary energy, which is just below 58 and decreasing. their primary energy greenness is on par with vietnam and better than all the western-centric countries in south-east asia. thing with measuring primary energy is that it shows an oversized oil share because when you electrify you cut of 2/3-5/6th of the total because electrification is more energy effective. so in practical terms a measure of the greenness of the economy is a figure somewhere between those
coal electricity share is in the mid 80s somewhere. you're thinking of primary energy, which is just below 58 and decreasing. their primary energy greenness is on par with vietnam and better than all the western-centric countries in south-east asia. thing with measuring primary energy is that it shows an oversized oil share because when you electrify you cut of 2/3-5/6th of the total because electrification is more energy effective. so in practical terms a measure of the greenness of the economy is a figure somewhere between those