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China to replace direct coal combustion with electricity in new plan
2016-05-25 10:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China will reduce the amount of coal burned directly in industrial furnaces and residential heating systems in order to tackle a major source of smog, the country's energy regulator said on Wednesday. The National Energy Administration (NEA) said in a joint announcement with other government bodies that around 700 million to 800 million tonnes of coal is burned directly in China every year, much of it in the countryside, where access to electricity is limited. Directly burned coal amounts to...
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