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Carbon Brief. (November 25, 2019). Cumulative capacity of coal-fired power plants worldwide from 2000 to 2019 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1082277/coal-fired-power-plants-capacity-globally
Carbon Brief. "Cumulative capacity of coal-fired power plants worldwide from 2000 to 2019 (in gigawatts)." Chart. November 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1082277/coal-fired-power-plants-capacity-globally
Carbon Brief. (2019). Cumulative capacity of coal-fired power plants worldwide from 2000 to 2019 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1082277/coal-fired-power-plants-capacity-globally
Carbon Brief. "Cumulative Capacity of Coal-fired Power Plants Worldwide from 2000 to 2019 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1082277/coal-fired-power-plants-capacity-globally
Carbon Brief, Cumulative capacity of coal-fired power plants worldwide from 2000 to 2019 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1082277/coal-fired-power-plants-capacity-globally (last visited October 31, 2024)
Cumulative capacity of coal-fired power plants worldwide from 2000 to 2019 (in gigawatts) [Graph], Carbon Brief, November 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1082277/coal-fired-power-plants-capacity-globally