China continues to build new coal-fired power plants

In the first nine months of 2023, there was hardly any new construction of coal-fired power plants worldwide – except in China, where the construction boom that began in 2022 continued. According to research by the Global Energy Monitor organization, outside of China, construction projects for new coal-fired power plants with a capacity of less than 2 gigawatts were started in only three other countries in the current year. This is well below the average of 16 gigawatts over the last eight years. However, in China, over 37 gigawatts of new coal capacity were started in the last nine months, which is well above the average of recent years.