coal power

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    Legal & Regulatory

    Despite Policy Shifts, China Faces Huge Coal-Fired Overcapacity

    China’s once-booming coal power sector is facing an existential challenge as continued breakneck expansion of new capacity is colliding with flattened growth in power demand, despite increasingly strenuous government efforts to put the brakes on new construction. According to a pair of new studies, China’s overcapacity in coal-fired generation could reach a staggering 400 GW […]

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    Legal & Regulatory

    D.C. Circuit Leaves MATS Rule In Place as EPA Tackles Cost Consideration

    The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) will remain in effect as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works on a final cost finding, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordered on Dec. 15. The court noted in a two-page order that the EPA “has represented that it is on track to issue […]