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RENEWABLES Director Isabel DiVanna said. 1.5-degree Celsius goal within reach and
RENEWABLEUK avoid the catastrophic effects of climate
Offshore wind project change, as well as to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goal 7 to provide affordable and
pipeline reaches 413GW COAL clean energy.
The announcement made today at the UN
The world’s offshore wind project pipeline has Governments launch High-level Dialogue on Energy in the form
now reached 413GW, with UK retaining its of an Energy Compact signals commitment
position as the leading offshore country with unprecedented initiative to of the signatories to take decisive action to
10.4GW of operational capacity. end new coal construction and lead other
China has 9.4GW of active wind end new coal power countries by example – recognising its adverse
farms, while Germany is third with impacts on climate change and air pollution.
7.7GW, according to new research from A group of governments including Sri Energy Compacts are living documents and
RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team. Lanka, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, other countries are encouraged to join. The
The pipeline includes projects that are fully Montenegro and the UK have announced a group aims to gather the largest number of
operational, under construction, consented or No New Coal Power Compact today, aiming new signatories as soon as possible.
being planned. to encourage all other countries to commit The UN High-level Dialogue on Energy is
The UK has a total pipeline of 63.2GW to halt construction of new coal-fired power a Secretary-General led Summit discussing
of offshore wind capacity. China is slightly plants by the UN Climate Summit COP26 to energy for the first time in forty years.
ahead at 64.4GW and the USA is in third keep the 1.5-degree Celsius goal within reach. It recognises the critical role of energy
place with 40.5GW. As the pipeline includes New York, 24 September 2021: For the in advancing climate goals, as well as
projects at all stages of planning including first time, a diverse group of developed and development priorities including COVID
early development, it cannot be assumed that developing countries have come together recovery processes.
all will be built. to give impetus to global efforts to end new SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL
“Our latest Project Intelligence report coal-fired power generation. Their new
demonstrates the global appetite to accelerate initiative requires signatories to immediately
the deployment of offshore wind around cease permitting and end new construction of COAL-FIRED GENERATION
the world. It’s especially useful to see where unabated coal-fired power generation projects
opportunities are arising for offshore wind by the end of the year. These countries are Guangdong province to
supply chain companies in the UK to export calling upon all other governments to take
their knowledge and expertise to new these steps and join the Compact ahead of the ban new coal in Pearl River
markets. The UK’s global lead in offshore wind UN Climate Summit COP26 to help deliver
means that other countries are coming to us on the summit’s ambitious goal to “consign Delta
hoping to emulate our success - that’s one of coal power to history”.
the reasons why we’re welcoming over 3,000 The No New Coal Compact responds to China’s Guangdong province will ban the
delegates from around the world at our Global the UN Secretary-General’s call for countries construction or expansion of coal-fired power
Offshore Wind conference and exhibition in to end construction of new coal-fired plants and company-owned captive power
London this week,” RenewableUK’s Executive power this year, as the first step to keep the stations in the core area of the Pearl River

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