as shown in the map below. However, China’s biggest coal-producing province, Shanxi, was not among the provinces with the most activity around new coal power in 2024. By province, Chinese coal plants ...

China and India have approved the construction of the largest capacity of new coal-fired power plants in a decade, as the ...

China approved 11.29 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power plants in the first three months of 2025, already exceeding the 10.34 ...

BEIJING — China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade, a report from two clean-energy groups said Thursday.

China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade, a report from two clean-energy groups said Thursday.

China approved 11.29 GW of new coal power capacity in Q1 2025—outpacing last year’s mid-year total—raising concerns over ...

BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters) - China, the world's largest builder of coal-fired power stations, cut the number of permits for new plants by nearly 80% in the first half of 2024, an environmental ...

While China remains the world's largest investor in solar and wind power, government focus in favor of coal power is evident in slowed retirement of aging plants, with closures falling from 13 GW ...

China is pressing its coal-fired power plants to stockpile more of the fuel and import less in an effort to shore up domestic ...

BEIJING (AP) — Approvals for new coal-fired power plants in China dropped sharply in the first half of this year, according to an analysis released Tuesday, after a flurry of permits in the previous ...