Aug 18, 2022 03:11 AM

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Exclusive: Guangdong to Kick Off 6.7 Million Kilowatts of Coal Power Projects

By Wang Jing and Denise Jia

Under the 14th Five-Year Plan, China plans to continue building coal-fired generating plants to ease power shortages.

Under the 14th Five-Year Plan, China plans to continue building coal-fired generating plants to ease power shortages.

Southeastern China’s Guangdong province will kick off five coal-fired power projects with construction to start by the end of September and production by the end of 2024, Caixin learned from sources.

Capacity of the five projects will total 6.7 million kilowatts, compared with 6.32 million kilowatts of new coal-fired power installations from 2016 to 2020.

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