Author(s)

Rui Yang

Affiliation(s)

School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.

Corresponding Author

Rui Yang

ABSTRACT

Considering the importance of global climate change mitigation, this paper focuses on the low-carbon transformation of China's coal-fired power industry. China's coal-fired power industry is large-scale. The geographical distribution of power plants is uneven, and the technical level shows an unbalanced pattern. The existing units are mainly those with capacities of 300-600MW and 600-1000MW, while most of the newly added units are advanced ones with high parameters. Although the proportion of coal-fired power installed capacity has decreased to 36.9% due to new energy, it still plays a crucial role in power supply. Clean coal technologies, such as ultra-supercritical units, have developed well, and technologies like green ammonia co-firing and CCUS have also made good progress. Coal-fired power is of vital importance in ensuring power security, system regulation, centralized heating, and reducing energy consumption costs. In terms of policies, the "1+N" system and local policies promote the low-carbon transformation.

KEYWORDS

Coal-fired power; Power industry; China; Low-carbon transformation

CITE THIS PAPER

Rui Yang. Low-carbon transformation of China's coal-fired power industry: current situation insights and trend prospects. Frontiers in Environmental Research. 2025, 3(1): 26-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/fer3015.

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