Tag: Power consumption

China: Coal-fired capacity 49% of country’s total power capacity

Jul 16, 2021

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by

Aditi Tiwari

in Non Coking

According to a report from the China Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute, the country’s coal-fired installed power capacity stood at 1,080 GW (Gigawatt), which is 49% of the country’s total power capacity of 2,200 GW. China added about 180 GW of coal-fired capacity in the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20) and phased out 45…