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Given these trends, what is the predicted year that we'd expect the last fossil fuel burning power plant to be greenlit for construction in China, India, and the US?

Follow-up: At what point is continued operation of existing coal become uneconomical (to simplify the question assume decent solar generation locations are available/ grid connected nearby).

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Fossil fuels are not going anywhere soon as a quick look at the world’s energy mix proves.

> https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy

Thanks, but that does not answer my question.

I guess I want to hear predictions of when fossil fuel usage will peak, and over what time period will it be reduced by 20, 30, 50%.

The IEA says it will peak in 2025. And they have consistently underestimated predicted renewables growth VS actual every year for the last decade.

https://www.iea.org/news/the-energy-world-is-set-to-change-s...

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