Planned coal-fired power generation dips 14%, says study

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THE amount of coal-fired power generation under development worldwide has shrunk by 14 per cent this year, driven down by China as it struggles with oversupply and tries to promote cleaner energy, a study showed on Wednesday.

India also introduced policies in the first half of 2016 curbing plans for coal-fired plants, partly due to under-utilisation of existing plants, according to a Global Coal Plant Tracker run by non-government and anti-coal group CoalSwarm.

Overall, the amount of coal-fired generating capacity in pre-construction planning fell 14 per cent to an estimated 932 GW in July from 1,090 GW at…