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by cuteboy19 39 days ago
both countries reached peak coal this year.
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Peak coal that was dead killed by far cheaper renewables 30 years ago? That's amazing, let's see for ourselves...

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/india-coal-power-heatwave-ln...

"Coal-fired power generation in India in April increased to 164.9 average gigawatts, compared with 160.7 average gigawatts last year, according to data shared by S&P Global Energy. According to the data, coal-fired power generation rose sequentially by 5.6 average gigawatts, or 3.5%, in April."

Yikes.