(EnergyAsia, April 11 2013, Thursday) — Rising water shortages are threatening China’s ability to expand its coal-fired electricity capacity to meet the economy’s growing energy demand, according to a study by Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance (NEF) unit. China’s coal industry, which consumes around 15% to 20% of the country’s water supplies, provides the fuel to…

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