Coal power expected to remain dominant in China

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Coal will remain China's largest energy source even though natural gas is increasing its market penetration, a leading energy economist said yesterday. Chinese coal demand has fallen this year as diminishing growth in heavy construction cut into power use to make cement, glass, plastic and steel. That economic slowdown caught markets by surprise, Lazslo Varro, head of the gas, coal and electricity markets division of the International Energy Agency, said in a speech in Washington, DC.