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Coal power persistence

Coal generation remains near record levels as Asian demand growth outpaces retirements elsewhere, keeping emissions high and tying many power systems to a fuel whose phase-out timetable keeps slipping.

Rank: 107; of 250 trends
Attention intensity: 1.1×; 1× is the typical trend
Attention index: 112; 100 is the typical trend
Change: +1%; WoW
Volatility: ±3%; Stable

The week ending 7 Nov 2026, World. Volatility is the typical weekly move over the last 26 weeks. How these are measured.

Regional Attention

By region

Nordic Baltic

Southeast Asia

Latin America & Caribbean

28×

3.8×

#50

1.6×

#126

1.6×

#107

1.6×

#125

1.6×

#142

1.4×

#126

1.1×

#143

1.1×

#134

0.76×

#191

This trend’s attention intensity in each region, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 11.

By bloc

3.8×

#50

3.7×

#46

1.6×

#106

1.3×

#128

1.3×

#115

1.1×

#127

1.0×

#147

0.88×

#147

0.84×

#145

0.70×

#184

This trend’s attention intensity in each bloc, the average of its member countries, and its rank there: the 10 highest of 13.

By country

40×

35×

#18

28×

8.7×

#41

8.4×

#43

8.0×

#56

7.1×

#20

6.9×

#38

5.5×

#55

3.5×

#108

This trend’s attention intensity in each country, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 48.

Attention Index over time

The attention index, worldwide and in each region: 100 is the typical trend in each place, the median of every trend's attention there over the past 52 weeks.

Attention to Coal power persistence, by place

Attention index, a four-week rolling average, on a log scale. 100 is the typical trend in each place, so a line at 1,000 is ten times the typical trend’s attention there. A country chosen at the top of the page is drawn beside its region and the world. Select a place below to bring its line forward.