From the days of Mao Zedong, the fuel has underpinned economic growth, millions of jobs and the Communist Party’s founding myths.

China's new coal plant permits for 2025 are on track to fall to a four-year low, a new Greenpeace analysis showed on Tuesday, indicating that growing use of renewables is cutting into demand for new ...

China will allow the construction of new coal power plants through at least 2027 but with restrictions aimed at limiting emissions and boosting renewables, according to a newly released action plan.

China’s long-term benchmark power-station coal price for 2026 has been set at the same level as this year, according to ...

Global coal consumption reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to 8.77 billion metric tons as global electricity demand outpaced the expansion of renewable energy. Despite its contribution to ...

China is portrayed as both the best and worst of nations for energy change. This emerges from China's energy vision for the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wesley Alexander Hill (何伟龙) is an Energy and Geoeconomics expert The Datang International Zhangjiakou Power Station looms over the ...

China and India increased thermal coal imports last month to a combined 44 million tons amid falling domestic output and ...

21 March 2005 – The Chinese region of Guangdong is set to lose 13 of its power plants due to a shortage of coal and a prolonged drought. The power stations in question generate a total of 2.83 GW for ...