\nChina, the world’s second-biggest energy consumer, is facing a deepening summer power crisis that may persist into the winter months, the nation’s dominant electricity distributor said.<\/p>\n
State Grid Corp. of China, which more than 1 billion people rely on for power, said electricity shortages have worsened because of inadequate coal supplies. Forty-six percent of the power stations connected to the distributor’s grid have coal stockpiles below the “caution line,” or seven days of consumption, data from the company showed today.<\/p>\n
China, facing its sixth year of electricity shortages, mothballed at least 2.9 percent of its coal-fired generating capacity as of July 25 as fuel supplies dwindled, State Grid said. Coal shortfalls may worsen in winter as power demand stays high and hydropower output falls to a seasonal low, it said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Bloomberg: China, the world’s second-biggest energy consumer, is facing a deepening summer power crisis that may persist into the winter months, the nation’s dominant electricity distributor said. State Grid Corp. of China, which more than 1 billion people rely on for power, said electricity shortages have worsened because of inadequate coal supplies. Forty-six percent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,132,1051],"tags":[463,571,2096,791],"class_list":["post-22251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-environmental-crisis","category-top-article","tag-coal","tag-electricity","tag-energy-demand","tag-power-shortage","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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