No other country is considering building coal-to-gas plants on this scale. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn 2013, Kingho opened the coal-to-gas plant as a pilot project closely watched by central-level officials. In July 2014, Greenpeace East Asia issued a report that said governments and companies across China had plans to operate 50 coal-to-gas plants. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyState-owned energy companies label coal-to-gas plants as “clean energy” or “new energy,” despite their high levels of carbon dioxide emissions. Since coal-to-gas plants are expensive to operate, market forces may end up dampening their popularity, he said.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2017 21:45 UTC