"China Aims To Shut 8.7 GW of Coal Power By Year-End - Regulator"

"SHANGHAI - China will aim to shut a total of 8.66 gigawatts (GW) of obsolete coal-fired power capacity by the end of this year, its energy regulator said, part of its efforts to curb smog and greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

All provinces and regions have been ordered to shut coal-fired power units with a capacity of less than 50,000 kilowatts (kW), the regulator said on its website on Sunday."

David Stanway reports for Reuters September 29, 2019.

Source: Reuters, 09/30/2019