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> China's target is 2060 "China plans to keep building coal-fired power plants through 2027 in regions where they are needed to meet peak power demand or stabi
by logifail 11mo ago
> China's target is 2060
"China plans to keep building coal-fired power plants through 2027 in regions where they are needed to meet peak power demand or stabilise the grid, according to government guidelines"
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/china-keep-building-coal-plants-through-2027-state-planner-says-2025-04-14/ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/china-...
- flir 11mo agoAnd yet they used less coal in 2024 than they did in 2023. Maybe it's just an economic downturn. But... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/china-breaks-more-records-with-massive-build-up-of-wind-and-solar-power https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/china-breaks-m... I just don't buy that carbon neutrality necessarily results in expensive electricity.