Monash Forum MPs release coal ‘fact sheets’

Monash Forum MPs are keeping the heat on the government by outlining the new coal-fired power stations across the globe.

Liberal Member for Hughes Craig Kelly. Picture: AAP

The pro-coal group of Coalition MPs in the Monash Forum are keeping up the pressure on the government on energy policy by releasing the first of their “fact sheets” outlining the number of new coal-fired power stations across the globe.

• Read the first fact sheet here

The fact sheet being distributed to colleagues states there are 467 individual power generating units at coal-fired stations in 35 nations that are currently under construction and a further 903 units in the planning stage across 50 countries.

It lists the top 10 nations in terms of their adoption of new coal-fired power plants. But it also notes that new coal-fired power plants were being built in Botswana, Mongolia, Brazil, Thailand, Cambodia, Poland, Taiwan, Colombia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, South Korea, Germany, Greece, Morocco, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Senegal, Iran, Panama and Jordan.

According to the one-page document — which will also be posted to the social media accounts of Monash Forum MPs — China tops the list for the most new units at coal-fired power stations under construction with 220 being built and a further 266 being planned.

China is followed by India which has 77 power units at coal-fired electricity stations under construction and a further 116 being planned, with Indonesia taking out third spot with 35 new units under construction and 99 being planned.

Vietnam is fourth on the list with 21 being built and 69 in planning.

Other nations to feature in the top ten nations include: Turkey, Philippines, Bangladesh, Japan, Pakistan and South Africa.

The Monash Forum is planning to release several documents, including up to two more fact sheets next week, that will eventually be compiled into a glossy brochure.

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