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China scraps planned construction of 85 coal-fired power plants
- 9 years ago (2017-01-17)
- David Flin
China has announced that it is suspending construction of 85 planned coal-fired power plants in a bid to meet a government coal capacity target laid out in its latest plan for social and economic development. This follows the investment of £300 billion by the Chinese Government into the renewable energy sector.
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The National Energy Administration (NEA) announced that the projects would no longer go ahead as part of measures outlined in its Five Year Plan.
Beijing had committed to a coal capacity cap of 1100 GW. However, the new builds would have taken that figure to 1250 GW, breaching the Government-set limit.
Last year, China tried to manage its coal overcapacity by introducing a number of measures, including a traffic light system for coal power station approvals and cancelling plants that were under construction.