{"id":1042,"date":"2025-10-10T07:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2025-10-10T07:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:04:36","slug":"renewable-energy-overtakes-coal-in-electricity-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/renewable-energy-overtakes-coal-in-electricity-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Energy Overtakes Coal in Electricity Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new report shows that renewable <\/strong>energy sources<\/strong>, like wind, solar<\/strong>, hydroelectric<\/strong>, and geothermal<\/strong>, now produce more electricity than coal. Green energy created 34% of the world\u2019s electricity<\/strong>, while coal-powered energy fell to 33%. China and India have contributed <\/strong>most to the rise in renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few reasons for this development<\/strong>. First, new technology has made renewable energy cheaper and more efficient<\/strong>. The cost of making solar panels<\/strong> and wind turbines<\/strong> has gone down, and more and more people are worried about climate change. Governments <\/strong>have also helped by providing financial help<\/strong> for those who use renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, using coal has become less popular. Coal plants are often old and expensive to run, and anti-pollution laws<\/strong> are becoming stricter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report shows that the world is moving towards more sustainable <\/strong>and reliable <\/strong>sources of energy. The rise of renewable energy will lead to more investment <\/strong>and a safer life for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wind turbines in the North Sea<\/strong>
Image<\/em>: \u00a9 Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • anti-pollution laws<\/strong> = rules that a government makes to lower pollution<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • contribute <\/strong>= to make something happen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • development <\/strong>= here: new activity, progress<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • efficient <\/strong>= here: to create power at lower costs <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • electricity <\/strong>= the power that is carried in cables and wires, used to give us heat and light, and to make machines work<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • financial help<\/strong> = money<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • geothermal <\/strong>= coming from the heat inside the Earth<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • government <\/strong>= the people who rule a country<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • hydroelectric <\/strong>= power produced by water<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • investment <\/strong>= to put money into a project or an idea<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • provide <\/strong>= give<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • reliable<\/strong> = here: something you can always depend on, or that you always have<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • renewable <\/strong>= something that never ends and replaces itself naturally<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • solar <\/strong>= from the sun<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • solar panel<\/strong> = a plate that you put on the roof of a house; it gets warm when the sun shines and creates electricity<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • source <\/strong>= where something comes from<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • strict <\/strong>= here: you must obey <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • sustainable <\/strong>= without causing problems for the environment and nature<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • wind turbine<\/strong> = a modern windmill that produces electricity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A new report shows that renewable energy sources, like wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal, now produce more electricity than coal. Green energy created 34% of the world\u2019s electricity, while coal-powered energy fell to 33%. China and India have contributed most to the rise in renewable energy. There are a few reasons for this development. First, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,18,21,26],"tags":[182,19,131,181],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-science","category-world","tag-electricity","tag-environment","tag-pollution","tag-renewable-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}