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S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin listens during CERAWeek, an international energy conference, … [+]
When I sat down for the third in a continuing series of interviews with S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin
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In a stunning reversal of earlier years, China in 2022 announced, pre-permitted or permitted the building of 42% more coal power plant capacity than in 2021. As of January 2023, just over 250,000 megawatts were due to be built in the People’s Republic, up from around 176,000 one year earlier. At the same time, coal power plant capacity in