Even the most efficient coal plants are not compatible with the global climate change goals, a new study reveals. As world leaders prepare to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change next week, a report from Ecofys shows that any coal-fired power generation will take the world off course from the internationally agreed target of keeping temperature rise well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The study was commissioned by WWF’s European Policy Office. Ecofys found that even if all coal plants used the most efficient available technology – so-called ‘high efficiency low emissions’ (HELE) technology – the sector’s emissions would still be over those levels. The 1,400 GW of currently planned coal capacity is not compatible with limiting warming to 2°C. If all planned capacity were HELE coal-fired electricity generation plants, the 2°C goal would still not be within reach.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/incompatibility-high-efficient-coal-technology-2%C2%B0c-scenarios
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lindee-wong
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-de-jager
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pieter-van-breevoort
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/ecofys
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-intensity
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-capture-and-storage
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
