Utility Futility: New Chinese coal in 2019 alone outpaces promised US coal retirements thru 2025 Steve Milloy | Tuesday, July 30, 2019 · 10:56 AM | China While US utilties plan to shutdown another 17 GW of coal power by 2025, China is adding another 45 GW of coal power in 2019 alone. Here is the EIA projection (Web | PDF): Here is a report from Reuters (Web | PDF): Share this:ShareTwitterFacebookRedditWhatsAppTumblrLinkedInEmailPrint