China's power consumption fell 4.03% in the first four months compared with the same period last year due to the ongoing impact of the global economic recession, said the National Energy Administration on Monday.The decline of power consumption is attributable to the drop in power demand in secondary...
BEIJING, June 1 - China's power consumption was 4 percent lower in the first five months of this year than in the corresponding months of 2008, Zhang Guobao, head of the National Energy Administration, told...
China's power generation in mid-May was down 0.57% year on year, showing a smaller drop compared with 3.9% decline recorded in the first ten days of May, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday, citing information from the State Power Dispatching Center....
The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the nation's largest power supplier, plans to invest over RMB 600 billion in ultra-high voltage (UHV) power lines by 2020, said Shu Yinbiao, deputy general manager of the company, on Thursday. Shu said that the money will come from loans, sales of bonds and its own...
BEIJING, May 21 - China's electricity consumption and power capacity are both likely to more than double in the next decade from current levels, a senior official said on Thursday. Meanwhile, China's installed power generating...
* Compromises seen easing hikes in power bills * Energy efficiency complements renewables requirements * House panel hopes to pass bill by next week NEW YORK, May 13 - U.S. electricity generators support compromises being...
SHANGHAI, May 7 - China's electric power use in April fell more than 3 percent from a year earlier, with the decline possibly between 3 and 3.5 percent, the official China Securities Journal reported on...
China's power generation, an important economic indicator, may have declined 4% in April compared with last year鈥檚, showing that the Chinese economy may not yet be on the path toward recovery, the China Daily reported on Monday, citing industrial insiders. Xue Jing, director of the statistics and information...
LOS ANGELES, May 1 - Cancellation of a coal-fired power plant in Michigan announced on Friday brings to 97 the number of plants scuttled since 2001, said the Sierra Club, an environmental group that opposes...
* record H2 loss on higher coal costs * sees cheaper coal this year due to imports (Adds details, quotes) HONG KONG, April 1 - Huaneng Power International Inc <0902.HK>, China's largest electricity provider, will...