Sentences with phrase «coal plant construction»

Add to that the fact that investment banks are generally not financing new coal plant construction.

Work in ongoing coal plant construction projects was down 19 percent.

He would have to form alliances abroad, and propose things like carbon taxes on imports from China and India unless they also freeze coal plant construction.

China's post-2013 coal plant construction boom — mentioned above — was going on even as the economy was shifting to services, renewables were booming, and Chinese demand for coal was declining.

In fact, he sees some new coal plant construction as integral to African growth and dismisses those who would rather see Africa develop solely via renewables.

Meanwhile, India added 152 GW of coal power capacity from 2006 to 2017, second only to China, despite a broad retreat from coal financing by private capital in the country and a freeze on coal plant construction introduced in 2017.

It is true that some planned coal plant construction has been cancelled in India.

Countries outside of China and India are responsible for just 29 percent of current global coal plant construction, but they account for 54 percent of the pre-construction activity.

In China and India alone, scattered across more than 100 sites, some 68 GW worth of coal plant construction was frozen in place.

President Obama's new rules for limiting carbon pollution have effectively ruled out any new coal plant construction in the United States, and will result in many additional closures.

Vietnam is one of four Asian nations that lead the world in new coal plant construction.