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Coal’s last refuge crumbles with China’s renewables plan

China's plan to derive 20 per cent of its primary energy from non-fossil fuels may be brought forward by five years from 2030.

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Coal-fired power has been dying everywhere except where it poses the greatest threat.

Draw a line down the world around the longitude of the Nile. The region to the west – encompassing Europe, Africa and the Americas – has seen coal consumption drop by a quarter over the past decade.

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David Fickling is a Bloomberg columnist covering commodities, as well as industrial and consumer companies.

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