News Massive Power cuts in China

[Jackdaws]

Do you know how high Tibet is? any projects can easily be a hundred times harder when done on the Tibetan Plateau where oxygen is less than half of everywhere else, grow some common sense.

Please don't indulge in ad hominem attacks. Be civil.

I am sure there are many parts of China where there are numerous engineering challenges as a result of geography.

 

[xizhimen]

Rationing electricity and electricity coverage is two different matters. We can go down to scale of villages and China may end up not in a good condition, while going in city scale china will perform better than most of Asian countries.
But the topic is power cuts because of rationing electricity, not about a blackout caused by a major malfunction, grid failure etc.
If you would like to enlighten people about why electricity is rationed in some districts, and why China can not produce up to demand ,then you are welcomed.

进入12月，工业生产高速增长和低温寒流叠加导致电力需求超预期高速增长。数据显示，湖南12月上旬发受电量同比增长19.8%，截至目前最大用电负荷3144万千瓦，较此前冬季历史最高纪录高出163万千瓦；江西12月上旬发受电量同比增长18.4%，截至目前最大用电负荷2631万千瓦，较夏季最大用电负荷高出52万千瓦，创历史新高。浙江12月上旬发受电量同比增长9.2%，位居东部省份前列。

近期，针对这几个省出现的电力缺口，湖南、江西等地政府相关部门提前做了一些预判，在此基础之上及时采取了有序用电的措施，按照制定的预案，有计划地压减了一部分工商业企业的用电，来确保电力供需平衡、确保居民用电需要。浙江的电力供应能够保障需求，省内个别地方为了促进节能减排，采取了限制电力消费的一些措施。

“最近煤炭的价格略微有些上涨，但是我们监测电厂的存煤，无论是存煤的天数还是存煤的总量都是有保障的，请大家放心。”赵辰昕说，“截至目前，我们电力供应总体是保持了平稳有序，包括湖南、江西、浙江等几个省在内，居民生活用电都没有受到影响。”

The electricity consumption in Hunan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang surged aroud 20% due to fast industrial and manufacturing activities, the 3 provinces intervened and regulated the power supply to some factories and firms to ensure stable household electricity supply, people come first before factories.

Electricity supply is by and large stable in those provinces and no household electricity supplies were affected, the cut was only for factories and businesses.

China produces enough electricity and the capacity is still increasing significantly, no one should worry about it.

 

[xizhimen]

Not only electricity, everything is in short supply for factories and manufacturers in China, even people are in short supply now, a very special period indeed.

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[xizhimen]

The whole world shuts down and only relies on China to produce and supply this planet, how much electricity is needed for taking on this job?

 

[xizhimen]

NDRC: High demand behind China’s electricity squeeze​

Source：MysteelDec 22, 2020 18:00S

The unexpected jump in electricity consumption in China due to exceptionally robust industrial activity and low temperatures has led power rationing measures to be introduced this month by Central China’s Hunan and East China’s Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces. This is an unusual occurrence in winter, which also challenged domestic supply of coal, the core fuel for electricity generation, Mysteel Global notes.

NDRC: High demand behind China’s electricity squeeze | Mysteel Global

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