China halts more than 150 coalfired power plants Unearthed
China is to stop or delay work on 151 planned and underconstruction coal plants as Beijing struggles to respond to a flatlining of demand for coal power. The newly released list implements a target announced by premier Li Keqiang in March to stop, delay and close down at least 50,000 megawatts of coalfired power plant projects in 2017.