Plan sets caps on energy use

Coal's proportion of overall mix cut to 62% by 2020

China has announced plans to cap its annual energy use equivalent to 4.8 billion metric tons of standard coal by 2020, in an effort to cut carbon emissions.

The headline figure was revealed within the State Council's energy development strategy plan (2014-20), which also detailed moves to cut coal's share of the country's overall energy mix to 62 percent from the current 67 percent, and raise non-fossil fuel consumption to more than 15 percent.