Coal generates less than 50pc of Australian electricity for first time 

SYDNEY, Sep 4: Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to a record low as renewable production surged, data showed Wednesday.

According to market monitor Open-NEM, coal generated 49.1 percent of the country's electricity, while renewables accounted for 48.7 percent as storms boosted wind production.

Coal still accounts for a third of global electricity generation, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), and demand for the climate-warming fossil fuel reached a record high in 2022. 
But for the world to reach net zero by 2050, all coal generation without abatement measures must end by 2040, the IEA says.     —AFP