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COVID-19 Impacts on China’s Energy Sector: A Preliminary Analysis

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June 18, 2020

Given the importance of FYPs to guide energy project approval, key Chinese power sector stakeholders have actively lobbied the central government to substantially increase China’s coal-fired power capacity by 2030. Source: Kevin Jianjun Tu, SIPA

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