Several countries around the world are betting big on gas, according to GEM’s tracker, which tallies projects that have been announced or are at various stages of construction. Last year, China, the world’s largest carbon emitter, installed 22.4GW of gas, its most gas capacity ever for single year.
But it is the US that is leading the way, accounting for nearly a quarter of all global gas capacity in development, followed by China, Vietnam, Iraq and Brazil. Texas is the center of this boom in the US, with 57.9GW of new gas power under way last year, leading Louisiana and Pennsylvania. In 2026, new gas additions are set to surpass the annual record of 100GW of new gas added in the US, set in 2002.
This is just disgusting on so many levels.
The gas projects in development in the US will, if all completed, cause 12.1bn tonnes in carbon dioxide emissions over their lifetimes, which is double the current annual emissions coming from all sources in the US.
Emphasis mine! Geez! Race to a dead planet.
If only the US had massive solar and wind projects underway… Oh, right, we did before Donny Diddler took them to the gravel pit and gave them the Noem treatment.
