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China’s non-fossil power capacity to exceed coal for the first time -report

Published 13:39 on July 27, 2021  /  Last updated at 00:40 on July 28, 2021  / Jiefei Liu /  Asia Pacific, China

China is on track to see its installed capacity of non-fossil power generation surpass its coal capacity at the end of 2021 for the first time, a report said, while a separate publication showed the country did not fund any new coal-fired power plants through the Belt and Road Initiative in H1, also a first.
China is on track to see its installed capacity of non-fossil power generation surpass its coal capacity at the end of 2021 for the first time, a report said, while a separate publication showed the country did not fund any new coal-fired power plants through the Belt and Road Initiative in H1, also a first.


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