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China is building 200 GW of coal by 2020 alone http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-power-coal-idUSKCN0ZT09B http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-power-c
by barney54 10y ago
China is building 200 GW of coal by 2020 alone http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-power-coal-idUSKCN0ZT09B http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-power-coal-idUSKCN0Z...
- wyldfire 10y agoChina can simultaneously leverage coal for its own infrastructure while building technologies that could obsolete coal economically.
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoSince that article in July they've cancelled 60 coal plants, including many that had already started construction. The capacity they've cancelled is equal to the total coal capacity of the UK and Spain combined. They've still got a long way to go, but the signs that they are turning the ship are clear. http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2016/10/21/china-coal-crackdown-cancel-new-power-plants/ http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2016/10/21/china-coal-crack...