Sure . China is building coal plants. I have commented on this several times. They have a rapidly growing electricity demand unlike those of us in the west that have a relatively flat demand curve.
What you fail to mention is that China has cut it's percentage of total power produced from coal from 80% down to 56% over the last decade.
That's an inconvenient truth, isn't it ?
" China has cut the proportion of electricity generated by burning coal from over 80% in 2017 to 56% today, but a laudable rise in power generated by wind and solar means has failed to plug the gap. The current shortage has been intensified by factories hungry for power as they attempt to meet strong global demand for Chinese goods. "
You also fail to mention that China is the largest investor in renewables by a massive margin.
Now, why would China be spending so much on renewables ?
China already gets 28% of it's power from renewables. That is more than Australia.
Despite a sharp increase in electricity consumption, renewables in China managed to grow by one percentage point. As a result, renewables reached 28 percent of China’s electricity generation last year. Generation from thermal power plants (90 percent coal) declined by one percentage point to 67 percent. Figure 1 shows the breakdown between the main energy sources.
