China Plans to Slow Energy Consumption Increase to 28% by 2020
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China, a week after unveiling an accord aimed at limiting carbon emissions, plans to cap the increasing rate at which it consumes energy to 28 percent for the seven-year period to 2020.
The nation is targeting energy use equivalent to an annual 4.8 billion metric tons of standard coal by 2020, according to a statement issued by the State Council today. China’s energy use surged 45 percent in the seven years to 2013, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.