10-09-2013, 12:33 AM
The Chinese capital of Beijing is looking to phase out all its coal-fired power generation capacity by the end of next year, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.
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All four of Beijing's existing coal-fired power plants which now account for 40% of Beijing's total coal consumption will be shut down once the new facilities come onstream, the report said.
The four facilities have a total generation capacity of about 2.7 GW.
Beijing has steadily converted the majority of its power plants to use gas. Producers have been given subsidies to help overcome the higher costs of using gas compared with coal.
