World & BusinessChina has reportedly scrapped two-thirds of its planned overseas coal projects
Bloomberg reports that China is stepping up green-energy development in the Global South. But the outlet, citing CREA, says China’s overseas coal-plant ban has stumbled in Indonesia.
TLDR
Bloomberg said on September 24, 2026, that China had scrapped two-thirds of its planned overseas coal projects in the five years since President Xi Jinping pledged to stop building coal plants abroad. China has also stepped up green-energy development in the Global South, the outlet reports. Citing CREA, Bloomberg says the overseas coal-plant ban has stumbled in Indonesia.
China has reportedly scrapped two-thirds of its planned overseas coal projects
Bloomberg reports that China is stepping up green-energy development in the Global South. But the outlet, citing CREA, says China’s overseas coal-plant ban has stumbled in Indonesia.
TLDR
Bloomberg said on September 24, 2026, that China had scrapped two-thirds of its planned overseas coal projects in the five years since President Xi Jinping pledged to stop building coal plants abroad. China has also stepped up green-energy development in the Global South, the outlet reports. Citing CREA, Bloomberg says the overseas coal-plant ban has stumbled in Indonesia.
