Days of record-breaking heat across large swathes of China pushed power demand to an all-time high in excess of 1.5 billion ...

China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, saw steady expansion in June, official data showed on Monday.Power use rose 5.4 percent year-on-year in June to 867 billion ...

Sweltering temperatures are pushing up appetite for electricity in China — just not yet enough to revive the country’s spot purchases of costly liquefied natural gas.

Much of China experienced extremely hot weather, causing a record-breaking surge in electricity use, exceeding 1.5 billion kilowatts, according to a Reuters report. Authorities face a significant ...

China heatwaves drive up power demand to record levels, southern floods swamp cities. By Reuters. June 23, 2022 12:15 PM UTC Updated June 23, 2022 SHANGHAI/BEIJING, June 22 (Reuters ...

In March, China’s power consumption rose by 4.8%. The pace of growth held in April, too, with power demand up by 4.7%.Chinese use of electricity increased to 772.1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh ...

Massive push for EVs, deep drilling, and energy self-reliance reshapes China’s role in global oil consumption.

Reuters’ John Kemp noted in a recent column on China’s electricity consumption that in November, this increased by 9 percent on an annual basis, according to official data.

The China Electricity Council, the power industry’s top lobbying body, expects consumption to grow 6% in 2025. Article content Growing power demand is stymieing efforts to decarbonize the power sector ...

These conditions have strained central China’s grid. Severe heat prompted a surge in electricity use for cooling, which can comprise half or more of electricity demand on extremely hot days ...

The Chinese government is boosting domestic production and the EV industry in the name of national security. There are 14 ...