Of course they want to divirsify 77% of the total electrical capacity is coal. More importantly they had to shut down 2.5% of the nation's coal plants (58 units or 14,020 MW of capacity) in 2008 due to coal shortages.
However, in the end these charts says more than I can:
PS: Of total annual production: Hydroelectric = 20.7% in 2006, Coal = 68.7% in 2006. = 89.4% Compared to France which get's 75+% of it's power from nuclear and has little in the way of coal reserves. http://our-future.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/coal_reserve...
Edit: To be clear, even after that construction is over Nuclear is still going to be a small fraction of overall capacity.
However, in the end these charts says more than I can:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China#med...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China#mediaviewer/File:...
PS: Of total annual production: Hydroelectric = 20.7% in 2006, Coal = 68.7% in 2006. = 89.4% Compared to France which get's 75+% of it's power from nuclear and has little in the way of coal reserves. http://our-future.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/coal_reserve...
Edit: To be clear, even after that construction is over Nuclear is still going to be a small fraction of overall capacity.