According to this article, China has rapid economic growth about 10% per year and has been fufiiled by an annual energy growth rate of greater than 10% from 2001 to 2005. This in turn has led to the construction of one to two GWe of electrical making capacity per week over the period with the vast majority of the power plants using coal. China has equaled the carbon consumption rate of United States at 6 billion tonnes per year in 2006, far sooner than was expected due to the energy growth. Levine, M. (2008). Energy Efficiency in China: Glorious History, Uncertain Future. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1044(1), 15-27. doi:10.1063/1.2993717.
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