China will aim to shut a total of 8.66 gigawatts (GW) of obsolete coal-fired pow...
FILE PHOTO: Cranes unload coal from a cargo ship at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
The National Energy Administration didn’t say how much of the target, equal to just under 1 percent of total capacity, had already been met. Larger units of up to 100,000 kW in regions covered by large-scale power grids will also be eliminated, along with those that have reached the end of their designed service period, it said.
China has promised to ease its dependence on coal, and it has also forced most of its coal-fired power plants to install ultra-low emissions technology in a bid to curb smog.
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