China restarted construction on more than 50 gigawatts (GW) of suspended coal-fi...
SHANGHAI - China restarted construction on more than 50 gigawatts of suspended coal-fired power plants last year, bucking a global shift away from fossil fuels, a new study showed on Thursday.
But satellite images show China “quietly resumed” construction in 2018 on dozens of previously shelved plants, making it a “glaring exception to the global decline”, said a joint report by environmental groups Global Energy Monitor, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club. Lauri Myllyvirta, analyst with Greenpeace’s Global Air Pollution Unit, said Chinese firms are now “pushing for hundreds of additional coal-fired power plants”.
While China has vowed to cap consumption nationally and even make cuts in regions like Beijing, Hebei and Henan, overall coal-fired generation has increased, particularly from new “coal bases” in the nation’s northwest.
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