Sentences with phrase «gigawatts of coal burning»

China's move to halt or eliminate 170 gigawatts of coal burning follows a larger plan to keep total coal capacity below 1,100 gigawatts by 2020.

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That would require adding roughly 1,000 gigawatts of renewable and nuclear generation capacity — about equivalent to all of China's coal burning plants today.

But it's worth noting that present coal burning capacity in China is 900 gigawatts and the best news for all involved would be if this capacity did not increase and that China's rate of overall coal use continued to fall.

In addition, the world's largest coal user also announced that it would eliminate 20 gigawatts of present coal burning capacity.