China’s Power Shortage May Extend to 30 Million KW in Summer

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China, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, may face a summer power shortage of 30 million kilowatts as supply lags behind demand growth, the China Electricity Council said.

Some regions are facing shortfalls that are “bigger and earlier” than last year, the council said in a report on its website yesterday. Supplies in provinces in the north, east and south will be “tight.”