Last year, the global capacity of coal-fired power plants grew by 30 gigawatts (GW), meaning that the global generation of electricity from coal reached a new all-time high. This is according to the latest „Global Coal Exit List„, which is published annually by an NGO network. Since 2015, the total capacity of installed coal-fired power plants has grown by eleven percent to a current 2,126 GW. The data collection includes publicly available information from large companies that are involved in project development, mining, power plants or electricity supply in the coal sector. The network includes a total of 1,560 companies.