Chinese coal-fired capacity nears 699,700 MW

The total capacity of Chinese fossil-fired power plants in operation or under construction as displayed in the new McIlvaine Chinese Utility Plans database is 699,700 MW.

The database displays data on 1,255 plants (or multiple units) comprising more than 2500 individual boilers. Coal accounts for 646,000 MW, gas 8,100 MW, and oil 2,145 MW. The fuel is unknown or undecided for 43,000 MW of capacity.

More than 300 additional scrubbers are planned for the 2006-10 period. Shortly, China will have more scrubbed capacity than the United States and already has more than all of Europe.


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