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Read GEM’s Pedal to the Metal '26 report but still have questions? 📊

Join the report authors on June 18 for a live deep dive and Q&A covering asset-level data from nearly 1,300 steel plants and 949 iron ore mines globally.

Register: https://t.co/H1NpjDbVzI

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BRICS broke renewable records in 2025 — & fossil records too.

Solar + wind additions hit 497GW, but the bloc also added 125GW of coal, oil & gas capacity.

A split transition: renewables are cutting coal generation in places, while fossil capacity grows.

https://t.co/OqZtOLeKsl

[Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) @forourclimate]

⬅️➡️ Coal phaseout pathways are rapidly diverging in two of Asia’s largest economies: 🇯🇵&🇰🇷

📊 New insights from @GlobalEnergyMon’s Boom and Bust Coal 2026 show:

🇰🇷 South Korea: No new coal + ~50% phaseout of its ~40GW fleet by 2040 → positioning itself as a mid-power leader in energy transition and unlocking clean energy investment

🇯🇵 Japan: 53GW coal fleet, no clear phaseout timeline → continued reliance on abatement over plant retirement risks delaying structural phaseout and renewable scale-up

🗝️ Key Takeaways

🌏 Public & private finance play a pivotal role in coal phase‑out by driving transition instruments such as green bonds while scaling renewables to cut fossil import risks.

💸 Sovereign green bonds & transition finance, paired with renewable energy investment, are key to phasing out coal & securing industrial resilience.

📘 Full report: https://t.co/3sPlcplc9b

#ClimateAction #CoalPhaseout #BoomandBust #GEM #SFOC

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Who added the most pumped storage #hydropower (PSH) this year? 🗺️

🇨🇳 China, 🇬🇧 the UK, and 🇮🇳 India are leading the world in newly operating PSH. China alone has 168 GW currently under construction.

Track the global leaders: https://t.co/kBv6VJM3kI

[Dave Jones @CleanPowerDave]

Our friends at @GlobalEnergyMon have their flagship report out today...

[Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet @gaspworld]

Global coal power generation fell 0.6% in 2025, but coal-fired capacity still rose 3.5%, @GlobalEnergyMon found.
Even as renewables expand rapidly, energy security concerns continue to slow coal plant retirements worldwide.
#Coal #EnergyTransition
https://t.co/iIVAdDy9Ns

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

📣 Boom and Bust Coal 2026 is out now!

💡@GlobalEnergyMon ’s 11th annual report found growing paradox in global energy transition: Coal power capacity continued to expand in 2025, even as actual use of coal for electricity generation declined

https://t.co/DNUXedHbfH

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

New coal plants hit ‘10-year’ global high in 2025 – but power output still fell | @MollyLempriere @GlobalEnergyMon

Read here: https://t.co/Ami9R3tWbw

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Even as power systems move increasingly beyond fossil fuels, 2025’s data details how the world is navigating an uneven but accelerating exit from the coal era.

📘 Read the full global survey: https://t.co/78dQQ0ipZ4

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The geographic footprint of #coal dev't is narrowing sharply. Only 32 countries were proposing or building new plants in '25 — less than 1/2 the 75 countries doing so in '14

A 🧵 on key findings from GEM’s 11th annual Boom & Bust Coal report, out today 👇
https://t.co/78dQQ0ipZ4

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🇨🇳 While actual generation drops, the physical capacity buildout remains highly concentrated.

Just 5% of active coal power construction globally is happening outside of China and India — a hyper-concentration driven by the massive scale of China's recent additions.

[Global Energy Monitor @GlobalEnergyMon]

🚨 NEW DATA: The 2026 Global #CoalMine Tracker update is live.

Tracking 7,000+ assets across 5,300 active and proposed mines & 1,700 retired sites.

New:
🔹 Mine-level coal-to-chemicals tracking in 🇨🇳
🔹 Enhanced methane data & mine boundaries

Download: https://t.co/tj6FLZQdip

[Global Energy Monitor @GlobalEnergyMon]

NEW DATA: Pumped storage #hydropower (PSH) now makes up 62% of all prospective hydropower capacity worldwide. With 690 GW in the pipeline, PSH is outpacing conventional hydro projects by 1.6 to 1.

Download the data: https://t.co/kBv6VJM3kI

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🇦🇺 & 🇧🇷 lead in iron ore mining but export most of it.

🇦🇺: Produces ~ ⅓ of global supply
🇨🇳: Consumes 59% of global iron ore

Massive opportunity: Producers can pivot to lower-emissions ore & decarbonize the steel industry

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🧵The #steel sector is dvlping more coal-based capacity than it plans to retire.

GEM’s new Pedal to the Metal report finds 319mtpa of BF capacity expansion threatens to make the industry coal-reliant for the foreseeable future w/o a change of course

https://t.co/g9MYfQF5fD

[Global Energy Monitor @GlobalEnergyMon]

India & China’s are shaping steel’s future.

🇨🇳 Operates > 60% of BF capacity today
🇮🇳Accounts for > 60% of BF developments

China is locked in by its fleet, India still has room to change course 🏗️

[Global Energy Monitor @GlobalEnergyMon]

The Global #Hydropower Tracker just got its most comprehensive update yet! 📈

By lowering our threshold to 30 MW, we’ve added 1,000+ new projects. Now tracking 89% of global operating hydropower capacity – an extra 36.5 GW.

Explore the revamped tracker: https://t.co/kBv6VJM3kI

[Global Energy Monitor @GlobalEnergyMon]

We’re excited to unveil a new look for GEM! ⚡️

More than a new logo, we’ve overhauled our platform to better deliver the independent, open-access data needed to power the energy transition. Faster, sharper, and more impact-ready.

Explore the new site: https://t.co/8d6EsBo1gp