China Is Building , 6 Times More New Coal Plants , Than Other Nations.<br />NPR reports that China's energy goals were <br />revealed in a report by Global Energy Monitor and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.<br />In 2022, the country quadrupled its coal power plant approvals compared to the year prior.<br />According to the report, that amounts to about two new plants each week.<br />That's the most China has permitted <br />in the past seven years.<br />Everybody else is moving away from coal and China seems to be stepping on the gas. , Flora Champenois, coal research analyst at Global <br />Energy Monitor and report co-author, via NPR.<br />We saw that China has six times as much plants starting construction as the rest of the world combined, Flora Champenois, coal research analyst at Global <br />Energy Monitor and report co-author, via NPR.<br />According to the report's authors, the increase <br />in coal plants likely comes as a response to <br />continued drought and previous heat waves.<br />The historic heat wave last summer <br />caused grid problems due to a high <br />demand for air conditioning. .<br />The historic heat wave last summer <br />caused grid problems due to a high <br />demand for air conditioning. .<br />The drought resulted in <br />less hydropower abilities.<br />The war in Ukraine has also increased liquified natural gas prices, prompting at least one Chinese province to utilize coal instead. .<br />While China leads the globe in new <br />solar and wind power construction, it is <br />also the largest emitter of fossil fuels.<br />While China leads the globe in new <br />solar and wind power construction, it is <br />also the largest emitter of fossil fuels
