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A government document<\/a> on developing a green Belt and Road has offered the first official interpretation of China\u2019s pledge to build no new coal-fired power plants overseas<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201copinion\u201c document, released on Monday 28 March, states China has \u201ctotally stopped the construction of new coal power plants overseas\u201d, while plants already being built should \u201cmove ahead steadily and cautiously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions will remain about which plants count as new and which as already under construction. For example, would a project still go ahead if it has secured financing and signed all relevant contracts but not yet begun pouring concrete?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of plants that do go ahead, the document encourages efficiency in coal utilisation and calls for the use of emission-mitigating technologies such as sulphate scrubbers and carbon capture storage and utilisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document, co-published by the National Development and Reform Commission, and the ministries of foreign affairs, environment and commerce, repeats official encouragements for Chinese solar and wind companies to expand their overseas markets. It also highlights nuclear, energy storage, hydrogen and \u201csmart grids\u201d as important areas of energy cooperation on the Belt and Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of energy, the document emphasises improving environmental risk assessments for overseas projects. And it highlights South-South cooperation as a framework through which to \u201chelp Belt and Road countries improve their capacity to respond to climate change.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about the challenges to China\u2019s overseas coal pledge in <\/em>our story this week on Indonesia<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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