There is no place for coal in a climate-safe world. Coal is the world’s largest source of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and is responsible for 0.3°C of global heating to date. Phasing out coal-fired power plants is the single biggest step we can take to keep global heating below the 1.5°C threshold.

Accounting for two-thirds of global primary energy use, cities are at the forefront of the global energy transition. They are also significantly impacted by air pollution from coal.

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The Global Electricity Industry Review report by Ember analyzed electricity data from 63 countries representing 87% of electricity demand. As the world recovered from the negative effects of the global new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) epidemic last year, the report compared the first 6 months of 2021 with the same period of 2019 to reveal how the clean energy transformation took place.

Emissions originating from the electricity sector on a global scale started to increase again after the record decline seen last year as a result of the measures taken to prevent the epidemic.

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Following recent news that Amazon AMZN +0.6% had become the world’s largest purchaser of renewable electricity, growing focus on the need for sustainable operations continues to drive the market in corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs). In 2020 corporations bought nearly 24GW of clean energy.

Research published by BloombergNEF (BNEF) showed that corporations purchased a record of 23.7GW of clean energy in 2020, up from 20.1GW in 2019 and 13.6GW in 2018.

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Societal pressure and emissions policies are speeding up innovation in the world of energy. At the same time, increasing competition is pushing companies to become more efficient.

A range of businesses from the likes of Google and Facebook to Nestle are now opting to use more sustainable energy sources such as solar and wind. However, to make the most of renewable technology, business will need to embrace new technologies.

At Schneider Electric we see first-hand that companies are increasingly willing to test out new cleantech to create operational efficiencies, reduce environmental impacts, and cut costs — or even potentially generate ROI.

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