Whatever Happened to the Demise of Coal and the Saintly Paris Accords?

[Shrimpbox]

As Beijing Joins Climate Fight, Chinese Companies Build Coal Plants

Hey Mathew and Old Rocks, I thought coal was yesterday's news.

 

[Old Rocks]

China to Halt Construction on Coal-Fired Power Plants in 15 Regions
Move still falls short of halting build-up of overcapacity in coal-fired power generation, critics says

By Kathy Chen and David Stanway

China will stop the construction of coal-fired power plants in 15 regions as part of its efforts to tackle a capacity glut in the sector, the country's energy regulator said on Thursday, confirming an earlier media report.

The Southern Energy Observer, a magazine run by the state-owned China Southern Power Grid Corp, said regulators had halted the construction of coal-fired plants in regions where capacity was already in surplus, including the major coal producing centres of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Shaanxi.

"However, these new measures fall far short of even halting the build-up of overcapacity in coal-fired power generation, let alone beginning to reduce it," he said.

China's total generation capacity reached 1,485.8 GW by the end of February, up 11.8 percent year on year, according to the latest figures. Thermal power, which mostly consists of coal-fired capacity, rose 9.4 percent on the year to 1,003.8 GW.

China aims to raise the share of non-fossil fuels to 15 percent of total primary energy by 2020, up from 12 percent at the end of last year.

China to Halt Construction on Coal-Fired Power Plants in 15 Regions

Internal politics are slowing the demise of coal in China, same as here. Were market forces only at work, coal would be abandoned much more quickly, in China and the US.

 

[TheOldSchool]

China to Halt Construction on Coal-Fired Power Plants in 15 Regions
Move still falls short of halting build-up of overcapacity in coal-fired power generation, critics says

By Kathy Chen and David Stanway

China will stop the construction of coal-fired power plants in 15 regions as part of its efforts to tackle a capacity glut in the sector, the country's energy regulator said on Thursday, confirming an earlier media report.

The Southern Energy Observer, a magazine run by the state-owned China Southern Power Grid Corp, said regulators had halted the construction of coal-fired plants in regions where capacity was already in surplus, including the major coal producing centres of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Shaanxi.

"However, these new measures fall far short of even halting the build-up of overcapacity in coal-fired power generation, let alone beginning to reduce it," he said.

China's total generation capacity reached 1,485.8 GW by the end of February, up 11.8 percent year on year, according to the latest figures. Thermal power, which mostly consists of coal-fired capacity, rose 9.4 percent on the year to 1,003.8 GW.

China aims to raise the share of non-fossil fuels to 15 percent of total primary energy by 2020, up from 12 percent at the end of last year.

China to Halt Construction on Coal-Fired Power Plants in 15 Regions

Internal politics are slowing the demise of coal in China, same as here. Were market forces only at work, coal would be abandoned much more quickly, in China and the US.

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