China added 39 gigawatts of new coal power capacity in 2014. They issued permits for at least 150 new coal plants in 2015. They&#x27;re building a new coal power plant every week, and issuing a new permit every two days. Just the new permits issued for 2015 alone would be equal to 40%+ of all US coal power plant output. While we&#x27;re at it, let&#x27;s remember to throw in the recent 14% revision upward in their coal use.<p>Their coal use clearly hasn&#x27;t even remotely peaked. All the plans on their table right now call for building a lot more coal power plants.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobile.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;12&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;china-coal-power-energy-policy.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobile.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;12&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;china-coal-p...</a>