Four common talking points surrounding China’s ongoing coal-power expansion and how and why the current wave of new projects might end.

The headline news in China's energy transition is often about how the world's second-largest economy is adding solar and wind ...

China (31.5% share in 2023) and India (8.1% share in 2023) have driven the increase in global carbon emissions this century. As illustrated below by US energy expert Robert Bryce, China and India’s ...

A dramatic graph. The rest of the world has kept coal consumption almost static for the last 30 years while China has tripled its consumption. This comes from Doomberg who argues that the Chinese ...

China's Dahaize Mine is utilizing AI and automation to achieve unprecedented productivity and profitability in coal extraction, with each worker generating nearly $1 million in annual output.

China’s electricity output from thermal sources – which are predominantly coal-fired – increased by 3.7% in August compared to the same month last year, according to official Chinese data ...

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, and, to a lesser extent, India, are still planning to build coal plants many years from now. In 2023, new coal plant construction hit an eight-year high in China.

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.