Guangdong swaps out oil for coal to cut costs

The China Electricity Council yesterday called for small oil-fired power plants in South China’s Guangdong Province to be replaced with bigger coal-fired plants.

Plants with 10 GW (gigawatts) in capacity will be replaced in the province, while nationwide small coal-fired electricity generators involving a total capacity of 14 GW will be closed by 2010, in order to enhance efficiency, Wang Yonggan, secretary-general of the council, told a meeting on gas power development yesterday.

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