China’s coal power plant building spree

China continues to build coal-fired power plants to fuel its growing economy, at a rate that outpaces the rest of the world combined


NEW COAL POWER PLANTS, 2000-2021*
             
China has brought into operation close to one million new coal-fired power plants since 2000

CHINA
983,220
(69% of world’s new coal-fired power plants)

INDIA
184,807 

OTHERS 
254,020

WORLD TOTAL
1,422,047

China accounts for 28% of all global CO2 emissions


*To Jun 2021 


Sources: Yale School of the Environment, Global Energy Monitor 
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