A coal plant in China. Photo: Wikipedia , CC Don’t Turn Off the Heat Please Both the US and China have many coal plants (producing about 45% of the power in the US and 75% in China). One difference is that in China, it is more common for the waste heat from those power plants to be recovered and used to heat local residential buildings or for industrial purposes. On the face of it, this is a good thing, but as Kevin Bullis points out , this also… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Downside of Heat Cogeneration at Coal Power Plants
