&gt; China&#x27;s use of coal has probably peaked. Any developing country would do well to follow China&#x27;s lead...<p>Hmm.  I think it&#x27;s more correct to say the &#x2F;rate of increase&#x2F; of China&#x27;s use of coal has probably peaked.<p>&quot;China added 39 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity in 2014 — 3 gigawatts more than it added in 2013. That is equivalent to three 1,000 megawatt units every four weeks.[v] At the peak, from 2005 through 2011, China added about two 600-megawatt coal plants a week, for 7 straight years.  And, China is expected to add the equivalent of a new 600-megawatt plant every 10 days for the next 10 years. &quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;instituteforenergyresearch.org&#x2F;analysis&#x2F;as-u-s-shutters-coal-plants-china-and-japan-are-building-them&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;instituteforenergyresearch.org&#x2F;analysis&#x2F;as-u-s-shutte...</a><p>China is increasing renewable power generation, but they continue to add coal power generation as well.