China’s 2024 coal power construction hits 10-year high, researchers say
SINGAPORE — China started construction on 94.5 gigawatts of coal-fired power in 2024, the highest volume of new builds since 2015, hampering the country’s transition away from fossil fuels, researchers said in a report published on Thursday. The world’s biggest coal consumer and emitter of climate-warming greenhouse gases had vowed to “strictly control” coal power … Read more