China’s coal power generation hit a record 396.1 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) in March, which is 8 percent above coal generation the previous year. The communist country entered a joint pact earlier this year with Pakistan that is expected to spend around $15 billion over the next 15 years to build close to a dozen coal power plants across the country. Economic growth in China has slowed in recent years to less than 7 percent in 2015, yet the country still uses massive amounts of coal and plans to expand its use of coal in the future, Scissors said.