Coal-fired power as a security backstop in Europe’s grid
December 16, 2025
After a record 8.3 billion tonnes in 2023, global hard coal production again grew in 2024 to an estimated 8.5 billion tonnes. Add in lignite production, and total coal production last year was over 9 billion tonnes. For a decade or more, Western governments and agencies have wrongly predicted “peak” coal, and many still do as new energy sources become […]
