NDRC's roadmap for energy efficiency to 'profoundly' hit China's coal demand

The three-year campaign unveiled on Monday by China's top economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), to boost energy efficiency in nine key industry sectors including coal-fired power generation will have a huge impact on coal demand and could prompt a structural realignment of coal consumption, according to industry analysts.

Among its many objectives, the 2026-2028 roadmap issued on June 15 by the NDRC and four ministries requires that facilities in the nominated industries operating below benchmark efficiency levels will be largely eliminated as the nation rushes to meet its 2030 climate goals, as Mysteel Global reported. Retrofitting the country's