China’s coal power generation approached a record high this week, as a severe heatwave and drought threaten to cripple the country’s energy system.
Coal power plants were fired up in response to surging demand for air-conditioning, as record high temperatures persisted across central, southern and western China.
Coal is also filling the gap created by a drought that has cut power output from many dams, leaving major hydropower-producing areas such as Sichuan province struggling to meet the rise in electricity needs.
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