FLASH: China to build coal reserve capacity, set 2030 energy capacity target

Source: Mysteel Nov 11, 2026 15:30

China will build up coal reserve capacity during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30) and raise comprehensive energy production capacity to 5.8 billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent by 2030, a deputy director of Department of Economic Operation and Regulation of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said at a press conference on November 6. The NDRC lists that work alongside plans to improve the oil and gas reserve system but gives no size or timetable for coal reserves.

The 5.8 billion-tonne target covers all primary energy, not coal output or stockpiles. Comprehensive energy production capacity measures coal, oil, gas and non-fossil energy converted into standard coal equivalent, Lyu Wenbin, director of the NDRC's Energy Research Institute, said in an April 14 report in the People's Daily Overseas

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