Coal-fired electricity generation growth

Coal-fired generation is estimated to fall by around 5% in 2020, the largest decrease on record, bringing it back to levels last seen in 2012.

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International Energy Agency. (2020). Electricity Market Report. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMD

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International Energy Agency. "Electricity Market Report." 2020, https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMD.

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International Energy Agency. "Electricity Market Report." 2020. https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMD.

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@misc{iea2020coalmbjpmd, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Electricity Market Report}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMD}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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