A new report says China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade.

The Department of Energy is studying options for the 232-megawatt Mindanao coal-fired power plant in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, as the planned

China’s coal plant construction surged last year to the highest level in almost a decade, conflicting with President Xi Jinping’s promise that carbon emissions would peak before 2030, researchers have said.