Environment
04.08.16

China Pulls Emergency Stop on Coal Power Construction

from chinadialogue

China’s central government has ordered local authorities to delay or cancel construction of new coal-fired power plants, as regulators attempt to reduce a glut in capacity, just one year after decisions were delegated to the...

Environment
05.24.12

Unplugging from China

from chinadialogue

Apparent preparations by US energy giant AES Corporation to withdraw from China have raised eyebrows lately. Earlier this year, it emerged that the firm—one of the world’s biggest independent power generators—had engaged an investment bank to...