The Chinese government is to block the construction of new coal-fired power plants in 15 regions, according to local media reports late last week. The Chinese Government national energy administration ( NEA ) has announced investments in the construction of new coal fired power plants in 15 regions to ease an increasing over capacity crisis and reduce escalating levels of air pollution in a number of cities . The news follows a government prohibition on new coal mine developments until 2019 and a proposal to treble China ’s solar capacity by 2020 and wind energy by 22 % in 2016 . The campaign group Green Power puts the number of projects potentially covered by the new regulations at 250 with a combined capacity of 170GW .
The Chinese Government national energy administration ( NEA ) has announced investments in the construction of new coal fired power plants in 15 regions to ease an increasing over capacity crisis and reduce escalating levels of air pollution in a number of cities . The news follows a government prohibition on new coal mine developments until 2019 and a proposal to treble China ’s solar capacity by 2020 and wind energy by 22 % in 2016 . The campaign group Green Power puts the number of projects potentially covered by the new regulations at 250 with a combined capacity of 170GW .