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China to Add More Coal Plants Than Thought to Ease Energy Crunch
China is set to add more new coal-fired power plants than previously expected, in a bid to ease an energy crunch that’s hurting its economy. The world’s biggest energy user plans to add 270 gigawatts of thermal capacity in the five years through 2025, China Energy Engineering Corp.
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State of Play
The use of coal, a staple of heating and electricity-generation for decades, is in decline in the United States — supplanted by newly abundant production of natural gas — but is still dominant in some parts of the world. While economical, coal use is particularly problematic as international attention focuses increasingly on climate change.