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Since 2010, 🇹🇷 has canceled over 92 GW of planned #coal projects—almost x5 its current operating capacity, says @GlobalEnergyMon's new 📘 Boom & Bust Coal 2025 report.
But despite objections, the Afşin-Elbistan plant was granted more units in 2024.
👉beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/04/04/new…

New @GlobalEnergyMon shows the 🇪🇺 retired 4x as much coal in 2024 as in 2023.
Not only that—since 2018, #coal plants w/project-level retirement dates have increased x6.
The EU is progressing & aligning with Paris goals, but faster phaseouts are still key.
globalenergymonitor.org/report/boom-an…

Today, Finland's coal-power era all but ends—4 years ahead of schedule—with the closure of Helsinki’s Salmisaari coal plant.

Wind power has surged since 2020 and now provides 1/4 of Finland’s electricity, pushing coal and fossil gas’ combined share down to just 1.6%.

Microsoft is pulling back on 2GW of data centre projects across the U.S. & Europe due to oversupply. This is a wake-up call: the AI boom is driving skyrocketing energy demand.
It's time for Big Tech to commit to 100% renewables, not #fossilfuel expansion.
reuters.com/technology/mic…