The Chinese authorities could provide water for nearly 30 million people by the end of the decade by simply scrapping superfluous coal power capacity in water-stressed regions, according to a new analysis. Despite the historic reduction in China’s coal consumption since 2014, a huge number of new coal power plants are still in the pipeline in provinces with stressed water resources. It’s expected that 90GW of new coal power capacity will be added in areas suffering
How cutting China’s coal overcapacity could help tackle its water woes
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