China's coal imports are expected to be little changed in 2024, despite expectations for an increase of 4% in demand for the polluting fuel, a senior executive of a State-run utility said on Friday.
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) said that the target for the obligation to supply coal for domestic use or Domestic Market Obligation (DMO) in 2024 is larger than last year.
Its installed renewable energy capacity reached 53.09 GW at the end of 2023, up 22.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Shanxi provincial statistics bureau.
Data from the General Administration of Customs showed that the country imported a total of 383.64 million tons of coal from January to October this year, a year-on-year increase of 66.8 percent.