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What Drives Pakistan’s Coal-fired Power Plant Construction Boom? Understanding The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s Energy Portfolio

Although the CPEC energy portfolio has included a few groundbreaking renewable energy projects, Pakistani officials prioritized larger scale coal-fired power plants because they believed these plants would provide the most effective means to tackle the local energy crisis.

by Kelly S. Gallagher
published by
ScienceDirect
 on January 19, 2022

ScienceDirect

EconomyClimate ChangeSouth AsiaPakistanEast AsiaChinaNorth America
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