Surge in China's coal-fired power plants spurring shortages

摘要

In the past 18 months,China has started more new coal-fired power plants than the US has built in the past half century.Provinces suffering from blackouts and electricity shortages due to the booming economy have embarked on construction of 100,000 MW of new coal-fired capacity at a cost of us120 billion,according to an analysis from the Mcllvaine Company.