The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its International Energy Outlook 2013 projects that China will remain dependent on coal as its major generating technology through 2040 via the construction of 527 gigawatts of new coal-fired generating capacity over the 30 year projection period, almost doubling its current coal-fired generating capacity. In 2010, China generated 77 percent of its electricity using coal; by 2040, EIA projects that coal’s share of China’s generating market will drop to 63 percent, but that it will still remain the major supplier of electricity in the country. (See graph below.)
