Cleaner coal to complement green wave

China is gearing up for a new phase of coal power upgrades to hasten its transition toward cleaner and greener energy, said officials and experts on Monday.

This round of upgrades will focus on enhanced peak-shaving capability, strong support for volatile new energy power, high resilience and lower emissions.

It proposes key tasks in four aspects — clean and low-carbon; safe and reliable, efficient peak-shaving; valley-filling and the intelligent operation of coal power, said He Yang, deputy head of the National Energy Administration.