{"id":276627,"date":"2023-08-31T19:46:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=276627"},"modified":"2023-08-31T19:46:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:46:06","slug":"china-continues-coal-spree-despite-climate-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=276627","title":{"rendered":"China continues coal spree despite climate\u00a0goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps somebody ought to tell AEP!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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China is approving new coal power projects at the equivalent of two plants every week, a rate energy watchdogs say is unsustainable if the country hopes to achieve its energy targets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has pledged to peak emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2060, and in 2021 the president, Xi Jinping, promised to stop building coal powered plants abroad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But after regional power crunches in 2022, China started a domestic spree of approving new projects and restarting suspended ones. In 2022 the government approved a record-breaking 106 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity. One gigawatt is the equivalent of a large coal power plant.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This run of approvals is continuing<\/em><\/a>, potentially on track to break last year\u2019s record,\u00a0<\/em>according to analysis<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by the Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, published on Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said in the first half of 2023, authorities granted approvals for 52GW of new coal power, began construction on 37GW of new coal power, announced 41GW-worth of new projects, and revived 8GW of previously shelved projects. It said about half of the plants permitted in 2022 had started construction by summer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The analysts said: \u201cUnless permitting is stopped immediately, China won\u2019t be able to reduce coal-fired power capacity during the 15th five-year plan (2026\u201330) without subsequent cancellations of already permitted projects or massive early retirement of existing plants.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/29\/china-coal-plants-climate-goals-carbon?mc_cid=d9de5b1d6d&mc_eid=4961da7cb1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It never ceases to amaze me the Guardianistas continue to be shocked by any of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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