"Three years later: Impacts of China’s overseas coal power ban" 15 October 2024

...according to CREA’s third annual review of China’s overseas coal ban, with People of Asia for Climate Solutions (PACS), the amount of coal capacity that was cancelled in 2024 has fallen significantly to 5.6 gigawatts (GW), from the 15.9 GW between 2022 and 2023...

52 power plants remain in the permitted, pre-permit, and construction phases, representing a total additional capacity of 49.5 GW...

The last year has seen an additional 3.4 GW from previously unannounced overseas power projects advanced directly into the construction phase and 4.9 GW into the pre-permit phase. At least three of these proposed projects are for coal power generation — 1.5 GW in Kyrgyzstan, Zambia and Zimbabwe —in direct violation of the 2021 pledge...

New additions in pre-permitted China-backed coal power plants this year that raise concern include the 600 MW Phase 2 of the Kara-Keche power station in Kyrgyzstan to be constructed by China National Electric Engineering Co. Ltd and the 300 MW Mulungwa power station in Zambia, a proposed joint venture between Africa Power Coal Limited and Jiangsu Etern Company Limited. Additionally, in April 2024, Shandong Dingneng Energy Company announced plans to consider expanding Zimbabwe's Hwange Power Station with Units 9 & 10, adding an additional 600 MW capacity.

Captive power has also seen several additions this year including the 720 MW Gweru power station in Zimbabwe – which would power a chrome smelter – and in Indonesia, the 160 MW PT Tianshan Alumina power station and the 2500 MW Xinyi Group captive power station...

Two units which had previously been reported as shelved appear to have been revived and returned to the pre-permitted stage: the 350 MW Unit 2 at the Barisal Power Station in Bangladesh [allegedly to be constructed by PowerChina] and the 350 MW Unit 2 at the Gacko Thermal Power Plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina...