Kohleverstromung gewann schon 2021 Marktanteil
In den letzten Wochen erschien die “BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022”. Jedes Jahr ein Datenschatz zur Lage der Energieversorgung in der Welt. Der Bericht ist unten verlinkt, in einem Artikel für THE HILL wurden die Kernaussagen zusammengefasst:
- “Last week, BP released its annual Statistical Review & the report shows, yet again, that electricity is the world’s most important & fastest-growing form of energy. In ’21, electricity generation grew by a record 1,577 TWh. That’s an increase of 6.2% over 2020. For perspective, last year’s increase in electricity production was greater than the electricity output of France, Germany and Britain combined.”
- “(…) when it comes to producing power, countries are still heavily dependent on King Coal. Indeed, coal-fired generation continued its dominance of the electricity sector in 2021, accounting for 51 percent of the increase in global electricity generation.” – bto: soweit zum Thema Klima.
- “Furthermore, coal’s share in the global generation mix increased slightly to 36%, while natural gas’s share of the generation mix fell to just under 23%.” – bto: Das war übrigens vor dem Krieg in der Ukraine.
- “While renewable generation increased by double-digit percentages, the increase in coal-fired generation was greater than the jump in wind and solar production combined (…).” – bto: weil es den Vorteil hat, auf Abruf verfügbar zu sein.
- Liegt es an China? Ja, natürlich, aber eben nicht nur: “China is only part of the story. Coal-fired generation also increased in the United States last year, up 122 TWh, and in India, up 152 TWh (…).” – bto: Und in Deutschland geht es erst richtig los.
- “(…) the jump in coal use — which surged by 6.3 percent — was greater than the growth in global oil use (up 6.1 percent), natural gas consumption (up 5.3 percent), nuclear (up 3.8 percent), or hydro (down 1.8 percent).” – bto: Es mag ein schlechtes Jahr gewesen sein für Wind und Sonne, aber es ist eben normal, dass es solche schlechten Jahre gibt.
- “Despite these facts, academics, policymakers and climate activists routinely claim that we don’t need hydrocarbons and that we can meet the world’s energy needs solely with renewables. Don’t buy the hype (…) There are many reasons why renewables cannot — will not — be able to meet soaring global energy demand.They include intermittency, land constraints, lack of sufficient high-voltage transmission capacity, and the staggering quantity of commodities such as concrete, copper, steel and rare earth elements that would be needed.” – bto: Gerade der letzte Punkt wird gerne ignoriert.
→ BP: „BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022, 71st edition“, July 2022
