The Chinese have built a couple of coal plants in Africa, in Egypt and Malawi from what I can find. Certainly not "thousands". There are apparently about 100 coal plants in China currently being constructed but far from this being a sign that the Chinese government is in favour of coal, the Chinese central government had actually ordered that work on the plants be halted - it's the regional governments that are pushing construction through, and that's apparently to generate jobs rather than power:Quote:
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"However, some researchers believe that the building of these plants has more to do with boosting the local economy in China than with boosting emissions.
"Coal power plants run only about half the time in China, and one could argue the new capacity is not needed," said Glen Peters, from the Centre for International Climate Research in Oslo, who was not involved with the report.
"The new coal power plant builds are most probably about keeping the economy ticking along, particularly from a provincial government perspective, rather than being needed for future electricity generation.""
If you're referring to ERM Power then (a) they don't own or run any power plants in Victoria let alone any coal ones - they run 5 gas powered low emission plants in Queensland, (b) following a call by the LNP's energy minister to build more coal stations (wonder what prompted that?) they proposed to re-open Hazelwood and to build a coal plant in NSW - so not two coal plants in Victoria. And for what it's worth, I doubt that they'll ever be built - it's not the Federal government's role to build power plants in Victoria, or NSW for that matter. You also failed to mention that ERM Power also plan to build a pumped hydro power station.Quote:
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