China is going to boost coal production and power generation despite plans to boost its wind and solar capacity as well, signaling hydrocarbons remain an essential source of reliable electricity.

China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade, a report from two clean-energy groups said Thursday.

BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Two coal industry groups in China, the world's largest producer and consumer of the fuel, called on their members on Friday to curb output and limit imports to try to ...