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

Until it does, coal is here to stay to fuel China’s energy transition. See the Baker Institute China Energy Map for more detail. We released the 2023 version, tracking over 5,600 infrastructure ...

China’s coal capacity has grown faster than coal generation ... Beijing will have to help moderate enthusiasm for coal by providing provinces with road maps to enhance their energy security. Reforming ...

If China ditched coal in favour of cleaner sources of power, the city would be “finished”, warns Sun Zhigang, a recently retired miner who is out walking his dog in the park. Map: The ...

Throughout 2022, China granted permits for 106 gigawatts of capacity across 82 sites, quadruple the capacity approved in 2021 and equal to starting two large coal power plants each week, said the ...

A new report finds China granted permits for many new coal power plants last year. The country is also rapidly expanding its renewable energy as well. China permitted more coal power plants last ...

Some environmentalists worry this will further prolong the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter’s reliance on coal, which still makes up more than half of its energy mix. The South China ...

"Green Energy fun fact: China has built more than 648 new Coal fired electricity plants," reads an Oct. 27 Facebook post. The post was shared more than 400 times in ten days. But the claim is false.

Coal has long been a vital energy resource for China, and it is the largest consumer, producer, and importer of coal worldwide. Not to mention, around half of the world’s coal operating capacity ...