Local media reports suggest government plans to tackle coal over capacity are being translated into action 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 Southern Energy Observer reported construction...
The Chinese Government national energy administration (NEA) has announced cessations in the construction of new coal fired power stations 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 NEA 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 Peace puts the number of projects potentially affected by the new regulations at 250 with a combined capacity of 170GW.