It is obvious that you have a reading disorder!
Try reading the title of the spreadsheet. "NEW COAL FIRED POWER" They are all new build which means that China knows its needs these for the lomg term.
As I have factually stated, China has built 1,000,000 MW of coal fired power since the year 2000. You cry LIAR LIAR but the facts are right there in front of your eyes!
https://e360.yale.edu/features/despite-pledges-to-cut-emissions-china-goes-on-a-coal-spree
"A total of 247 gigawatts of coal power is now in planning or development, nearly six times Germany’s entire coal-fired capacity. "
"In the short term, the Communist Party’s chief concern remains how to grow the economy by around 6 percent per year. And, as identified in its latest Five-Year Plan, one of the top risks to China’s aim of maintaining a “moderately prosperous society” remains a lack of energy to drive its economy."
"Chinese officials realize that the country’s renewable energy resources are insufficient — and too intermittent — to ease dependence on coal in the near future. Zhang cited recent problems with energy grid failures in Texas as a prime example of what Chinese officials don’t want to see happen in their country."
"A key risk to China maintaining a `moderately prosperous society’ remains a lack of energy to drive its economy."
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