GLObAL COAL RISK ASSESSmENT - World Resources Institute
GLObAL COAL RISK ASSESSmENT - World Resources Institute
GLObAL COAL RISK ASSESSmENT - World Resources Institute
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Overview<br />
By July 2012 the authors of this paper had identified 1,199<br />
proposed new coal-fired plants, with a total installed<br />
capacity of 1,401,278 MW. These projects are spread<br />
across 59 countries. Table I.1 ranks the countries according<br />
to proposed coal-power capacity. A complete list of<br />
proposed coal-fired plants is included in the appendix.<br />
Table I.1 | Summary of Proposed Coal-Fired Plants<br />
RANK COUNTRY<br />
TOTAL INSTALLED<br />
CAPACITY (MW)<br />
NUMbER OF<br />
PROjECTS<br />
1 China 557,938 363<br />
2 India 519,396 455<br />
3 Russia 48,000 *c.48<br />
4 Turkey 36,719 49<br />
5 Vietnam 34,725 30<br />
6 South Africa 22,633 8<br />
7 United States 20,236 36<br />
8 Ukraine 14,000 *c.14<br />
9 Poland 12,086 13<br />
10 Germany 12,060 10<br />
11 mongolia 9,660 4<br />
12 Taiwan 8,800 5<br />
13 Indonesia 8,360 17<br />
14 mozambique 6,940 4<br />
15 Chile 6,742 12<br />
16 Pakistan 6,460 2<br />
17 Australia 5,456 9<br />
18 Italy 4,170 4<br />
19 Romania 4,150 8<br />
20 Kazakhstan *c.4,000 4<br />
21 Philippines 3,915 15<br />
22 bosnia-herzegovina 3,690 8<br />
23 Cambodia 3,570 5<br />
24 Netherlands 3,500 3<br />
25 Japan 3,200 4<br />
26 Czech Republic 2,785 4<br />
27 burma 2,719 7<br />
28 morocco 2,676 2<br />
29 malaysia 2,600 3<br />
30 bulgaria 2,150 4<br />
Global Coal Risk Assessment<br />
Even after years of rapid development, China has a<br />
significant number of coal-fired power projects in the<br />
pipeline. As of July 2012, China had proposed adding<br />
363 coal-fired plants with a combined capacity exceeding<br />
557,938 MW. 2 China’s 12 th Five-Year-Plan approved<br />
16 giant coal-power bases, mainly in the northern and<br />
northwestern provinces of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang,<br />
Shanxi, and Shaanxi. Most of the proposed projects are<br />
located near coal mining fields and are spurred by local<br />
RANK COUNTRY<br />
TOTAL INSTALLED<br />
CAPACITY (MW)<br />
NUMbER OF<br />
PROjECTS<br />
30 Serbia 2,150 4<br />
32 Colombia 2,104 4<br />
33 botswana 2,100 4<br />
33 Dominion Republic 2,100 2<br />
35 South Korea 2,000 2<br />
35 Zimbabwe 2,000 1<br />
37 Laos 1,878 2<br />
38 Greece 1,650 3<br />
39 Kyrgyzstan 1,200 1<br />
40 Tanzania 1,040 4<br />
41 Oman 1,000 1<br />
42 Namibia 800 1<br />
43 montenegro 730 2<br />
44 Peru 720 2<br />
44 brazil 720 1<br />
46 Slovenia 600 1<br />
46 North Korea 600 1<br />
48 Thailand 540 1<br />
49 Croatia 500 1<br />
49 Kosovo 500 1<br />
49 Sri Lanka 500 1<br />
52 Guatemala 420 2<br />
53 hungary 400 1<br />
54 Tajikistan 300 1<br />
54 Uzbekistan 300 1<br />
54 Zambia 300 1<br />
54 macedonia 300 1<br />
58 Senegal 250 1<br />
59 Argentina 240 1<br />
Total 1,401,278 1,199<br />
*Estimated by one coal-fired plant=1,000 mW<br />
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