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Hopeful research says wind could replace all coal in China
Hopeful research says wind could replace all coal in China
posted by Sean Kidney  on September 24, 2009

Issue(s): Climate Change

Region(s): East Asia , Australia and South Pacific

Tag(s): China'sCoal , Renewables , WindPower

Summary
 
This is useful piece of research, holding out a path to closing down all of China's coal plants. Even if you discount the wind potential you can make up the difference with geothermal and solar - especially large scale solar.
 
Australian readers should also look at former Qld Premier Peter Beattie's interesting piece in The Australian- perhaps it's time for places like Australia to plan a shift away from their economic reliance on coal exports.