Climate Changed
These Five Charts Show the Seismic Shifts Happening in Global Energy
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BP Plc has published is Statistical Review of World Energy for 66 years. This year’s data laid open the accelerating shifts in global patterns of energy production and consumption as economies move from fossil fuels to wind, solar and other renewable technologies. These charts show five of the most striking trends:
Coal production fell by the most on record last year as power producers switched to natural gas as well as wind and solar power.