China fires up giant coal power plant in face of calls for cuts

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China, under fire for approving new coal power stations as other countries try to curb greenhouse gases, has completed the first 1,000-megawatt unit of the Shanghaimiao plant, the biggest of its kind under construction in the country.

Its operator, the Guodian Power Shanghaimiao Corporation, a subsidiary of the central government-run China Energy Investment Corporation, said on Tuesday that the plant's technology was the world's most efficient, with the lowest rates of coal and water consumption.

Located in Ordos in the coal-rich northwestern region of Inner Mongolia, the plant will eventually have four generating units, and is designed to deliver power to the eastern coastal Shandong province via a long-distance ultra-high voltage grid.

China is responsible for more than half of global coal-fired power generation and is expected to see a 9% year-on-year increase in 2021, an International Energy Agency report published this month said.

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[Throck]

1. Don't a lot of solar cells come from China?

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2. China 5,312 kWhr/person annually; US 12,154.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_consumption

To achieve a US standard of living, as well as to shift to electric cars, etc, they need to add a lot of electrical generation. They are also expanding wind, solar and nuclear faster than any other country.