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Perhaps you misinterpreted 'coming online'?

The statement refers to NEW energy generation, with the implication that renewable/green energy sources will eventually outpace fossil fuels as old plants are decommissioned and alternatives come online for baseload (batteries/other storage).

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It's also worth noting that the share of energy generated by fossil fuels can continue growing without their respective share of capacity growing, because as power demand grows we don't just build new plants for every additional watt. Instead, the ones that already exist increase their output. So though most of the new capacity is renewable, even for a bit into the future the absolute amount of power generated by fossil fuels will likely increase.

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