Submitted 3 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to energy@slrpnk.net
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/25296918
The IEA seems to be wrong on China. Electricity demand has grown by 2.3% YOY in China, which is obviously much lower then the projected 6%of the IEA. China makes up about a third of global electricity production, so this has a big impact to the better.
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I like the positive spin of this article, and I think it’s required to keep people motivated about renewables and their impact on climate change, but… another way to phrase this headline is, “Renewables not keeping up with new demand, much less yesterday’s ‘baseline’ requirement.”
It’s not as positive, believe me I know. And I am not poking at all of this amazing progress. My point is, this article tells me we aren’t actually putting a dent in the problem that got us to this point, which was - all by itself - going to keep temperatures moving higher. I feel we are moving into a feedback loop, with higher temps and modernizing countries leading to evermore increased energy consumption.
If renewables growth can’t keep up with demand growth, we need more, and more options, to give the next generation a fighting chance.
The key is to lower emissions. However electricity is only a part of the transition. For a lot of the rest, the key is to electrify the processes. Heatpumps and EVs are two clear examples However both are much more efficent the their fossil fuel alternative in fact to the point that using 100%gas power plant electricity would lower emissions for them. Obviously at that point the only thing needed is to clean the grid, which already started.
solo@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Is the title kinda misleading or am I missing something?
Title:
The electricity demand growth is:
and if I got this right the projection is another 4% for 2025
So the title actually says that:
Solar will cover the 2% of the 4% of the global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025?
vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I read it as 1/2 of the 8% of growth. They later state that wind and solar combined is 3/4 of the 8% of growth.
solo@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Of course, great you pointed that out