More than two years after local weather negotiators first attempted to consign coal to historical past, the dirtiest fossil gas is having a second.

Thanks to a mix of China’s power insecurity — pushing Beijing again to trusted energy sources — plus rising Indian demand, the continued fallout from the warfare in Ukraine and faltering international programs to wean creating economies off fossil fuels, coal is proving remarkably resilient. Output hit a report final yr, and producers are getting ready for a future the place they are going to be required for many years but to steadiness renewable power.