Plans to use massive new hydropower development to boost China's power capacity by nearly half by 2015 will not dent coal demand enough to cut greenhouse gas emissions and could further damage the country's strained river system.
China wants to raise installed power capacity by 490 gigawatts (GW) to 1,440 GW by 2015.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/chinas-push-more-hydropower-tests-limits
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-stanway
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-energy
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wind-energy
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
