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We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...
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We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...
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Today we are launching an update to our Country Profiles for the global coal power sector. This is a platform designed to assist...
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Степенным шагом к углеродной нейтральности В этом докладе основное...
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Steppes to Net Zero This report focuses on Kazakhstan’s energy transition pathway and provides a perspective that strikes a...
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The GB power system is increasingly at risk of becoming stuck in transition on its necessary path to carbon neutrality. Over...
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Investments in the electricity grid are not keeping up with the rapid growth of wind resulting in record losses of green...
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With UK and European leaders continuing to ponder the long-term future of power market design, common themes continue to arise...
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In September 2020, the People’s Republic of China announced targets of peaking economy-wide carbon emissions before 2030 and...
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There must have been a time in the 1920s some 20 years after the introduction of the Model T Ford in the United States, and with...
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Recent extreme price spikes for the GB power market have triggered key discussions over whether the time has come for a shift in...
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Download Infographic Here The energy transition may well be determined by the phenomenon of S-curves. This is because the future...
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This article was first published by Brink News, with thanks to Thomas Carver. The shift away from a carbon-based economy risks...
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The war in Ukraine is a further example of the inherent fragility of the world fossil fuel system. It is accelerating the energy...
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Amidst an energy crisis and a power supply crunch, the Japanese power sector is today experiencing unprecedented stress owing to...
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Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 underpinned by a commitment to reduce 35% of its...
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Adani Power Limited (APL) has no commitment to achieve net zero emissions and no meaningful plans to manage the energy transition...
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On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EPA does not have authority, under the Clean Air Act, to set up an emissions...
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Fossil fuel commodity prices are likely to remain volatile with the prospect for further embargos. This is a manifestation of non...
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The risks associated with gas infrastructure investment have never been higher This report continues our series exploring the...
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Today the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of West Virginia v. EPA. The case centers on the EPA’s ability to...
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Poland is approaching a key point in determining the future direction of its power system and the technologies that it wishes to...
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We welcome the recent announcement that South Africa has struck a deal to access concessional financing of $8.5bn over the next...
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The Chinese government has been sending mixed messages on its long-term climate ambitions once again On the one hand, an...
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$110 billion of coal plants owned by listed Asian utilities could become uneconomic as the world takes action to meet climate...
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Unabated gas plants’ future role in the power system should be predominantly limited to backup reserve to allow for flexible...
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Renewables continue to increase their cost competitiveness versus coal, with 27% of the global coal fleet unprofitable today. Do...
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Ending the use of coal for power generation in South Korea by 2028 is not only possible but also the most economical option in...
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A cost-optimized analysis for a renewables investment schedule for South Korea shows that a more ambitious rollout of renewable...
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A Clean Energy Portfolio (CEP) is already more competitive than new combined-cycle gas plants (CCGTs) in Italy. Foot Off the Gas...
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Nel presente studio analizziamo l’attuabilità finanziaria di nuove centrali a gas in Italia, confrontandone il costo con...
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Betting on new gas today means shouldering consumers with higher prices tomorrow as well as missing the net zero pathway the UK...
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2021 is a year of opportunity; one of resetting, reshaping and a chance to remove distortions that hinder an orderly energy...
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Carbon Tracker's Christmas Cracker had a makeover in 2020. This infographic originally went out in our December newsletter,...
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The Texas-based company Vistra recently announced that they will close six coal power plants and cut their coal generating...
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As part of a UK government-funded project to support the Philippines power sector stakeholders navigate the shifts, risks and...
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Click here to view Carbon Tracker's Annual Review 2019 In 2019 our objective was to accelerate the energy transition by...
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Although coal has long been viewed as the cheapest way to power the global economy, this is no longer the case. New renewable...
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The Earth's temperatures continue to rise causing catastrophic climate change. The risks of climate change are having major...
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The sudden economic downturn brought on by the Coronavirus threatens to cripple the finances of U.S state governments. The...
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South Korea needs to phase-out unabated gas by 2050 in a Paris-aligned scenario or potentially risk $60 billion in stranded...
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Building and operating coal power is becoming a political decision that increasingly conflicts with underlying economic...
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COVID-19 is crippling economies and creating turmoil in financial markets. This note gives our outlook for coal generation in...
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The piece originally was posted to the World Economic Forum website on March 18, 2020. The impact of China's previous...
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Coal developers risk wasting more than $600 billion because it is already cheaper to generate electricity from new renewables...
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According to Carbon Tracker analysis, Indonesia has 15 coal-fired plants (6.4 GW) aged 20 years and older. The decision to...
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The purpose of this note is to: Address RWE’s response to our recent report Apocoalypse Now, by acknowledging that, per...
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Coal power is losing its economic footing. As detailed in Figure 1, according to Carbon Tracker analysis, which is based on...
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In November, SSE confirmed that its remaining hard coal units at Fiddler’s Ferry power plant in the UK will close by 31...
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Iberdrola announced at the opening of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) this week it will...
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The energy complex has EU coal generators in a chokehold. Are policymakers and investors prepared for what comes next? In this...
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Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We recognise that there is...
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The economic viability of new and existing coal in Japan could be severely undermined by cheap renewables and, without policy...
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At Carbon Tracker - our research focus is the impact of climate change on financial markets. Our global coal report, Powering...
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Last week Carbon Tracker’s power & utilities team was in Manila to attend the launch of a UK government-funded project to...
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Climate Action 100+ power utility profiles for mainstream investors to align with Paris and manage energy transition...
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Recently Carbon Tracker’s power and utilities team travelled to Vietnam to market our latest analyst note, Here Comes the Sun...
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Vietnam’s low-cost renewables revolution and its implications for coal power investments Key findings: ...
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The UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) has reported on its recommended targets for the UK to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions...
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Arriving into Katowice Poland, host city for COP24, you were immediately struck by the obvious conflict at the heart of the UN...
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This interactive portal and accompanying report track the economic and financial risks of coal power at the asset-level...
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Examining the stranded asset risk of coal plants in Indonesia, Vietnam and The Philippines These three country briefings...
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In this report, we present the results from a revolutionary method pioneered by Carbon Tracker to use satellite imagery to...
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The asset economics and financial implications of Energa’s and Enea’s proposed new Ostrołęka coal power plant C In this...
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Market counts down to the MSR The EU carbon market has been the hottest commodity market in the world over the last 16...
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One year ago we posted here comes the sun – a blog which found the lowest solar bid of 2017 could be less than the cash cost of...
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Several financial institutions have recently announced they will stop funding new coal power projects, with HSBC being the...
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This study updates our report 2 Degrees of Separation, and for the first time quantifies risk of overinvestment under a 1.75ᵒC...
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Summary The operating costs of coal units are complex and depend on many variables. Coal units are complex, long-life...
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Our analysts Matt Gray and Laurence Watson respond to PPL's recent Climate Assessment Report. Summary Following a...
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Summary The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on 8 January that it would reject the Notice of Proposed...
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Summary: Xcel Energy’s 2017 Colorado filing shows the median bid price for wind plus storage was $21/MWh and for solar...
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If you read just one thing this year…… first, it’s December! What took you so long?......second, make it this. Much...
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In this report, we look at how a scenario for the EU28 that is compliant with limiting the rise in global warming to below 2°C...
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The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) announced on September 29 will grant coal and nuclear units operating in organised...
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Coal’s market share in the US power mix is being diminished at an unprecedented rate due to fierce competition from cheap gas...
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Cost reductions of India’s solar revolution should serve as a warning to coal investors This week solar PV prices in India...
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Alpha Natural Resources, Peabody Energy Corp., and Arch Coal, Inc.—three of the four largest U.S. coal companies by annual...
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The 12 Days of Carbon Tracker Well…that was different. 2016 has been quite the year of change. A year of political events that...
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China is currently building more coal plants than it needs and in doing so is misallocating capital at an unprecedented...
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Carbon Tracker’s work on the energy transition has already demonstrated the value in challenging traditional energy model...
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In January 2016 the US Secretary of the Interior announced a moratorium on new coal leasing on public lands pending completion of...
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The recent shift in China’s economy has been one of dramatic speed and scale. The first decade of the 2000s saw China’s...
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Shelagh Whitley and Mark Fulton President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline last November signalled a landmark...
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Stranded Assets a Response: Myth or Reality? Late last year respected British economist Dieter Helm dismissed the concept of...
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The data is clear – the energy transition is underway, and the direction of travel is away from fossil fuels. But not everyone...
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There has been much discussion of fossil fuel subsidies as both an inefficient use of public tax dollars and a barrier to the...
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First appeared in BusinessGreen Global coal is on the ropes. Prices of thermal coal have collapsed as demand evaporates;...
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In this report we analyse the EU’s largest 5 power generators: Électricité de France (EDF), GDF Suez, Enel, E.ON and RWE, who...
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The market for thermal coal is in structural decline in the United States. Squeezed out by an abundance of cheap shale gas and...
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The 2015 Oil Spending Review is in Full Swing With oil prices collapsing to between $50/$60 a barrel (at the...
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This Carbon Tracker report shows how rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can...
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Our research on coal consists of a package of detailed analyses of coal supply, demand and financial trends. The accompanying...
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This latest piece of research from Standard & Poors’ coal analysts in collaboration with CTI explores for the first time...
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Since the turn of the century, China has almost single-handedly been driving global thermal coal consumption growth. Changes in...
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Following on from Carbon Tracker’s Unburnable Carbon 2013 global analysis, we release this report in collaboration with The...
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This new research from Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE calls...
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This new analysis from the Carbon Tracker Initiative finds that the current coal reserves earmarked for the South African market,...
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This is the original report which pioneered the concept of the 'Carbon Bubble'. This award-winning analysis by Carbon...
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