China will build 150 GW of new coal plants by 2025 according to State Grid estimates, and its coal imports from Russia increased by 38% to 55 million tons in 2021 – out of 227 million tons exported by Russia overall, and this will increase further in 2022. The first three quarters of 2021 saw imports of Russian gas into China increase by 67.4%, with 12 billion cubic meters bought including 7 billion via pipeline. The two countries are negotiating the details of a second Siberian pipeline to carry Russian gas into China – a trade which will strengthen beyond China’s carbon peak deadline. At this outlet we cover China’s progress on renewables plenty, but the country still has late…