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.

China has warned of power disruptions as record-breaking heatwave drives demand and strains hydropower and solar energy ...

The escalating power consumption is occurring amidst a period of extreme heat, which has also prompted China to issue its ...

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 ...

China warned on Wednesday against the risk of power supply disruptions as people struggled to keep cool in record heat baking ...

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 headline news in China's energy transition is often about how the world's second-largest economy is adding solar and wind ...

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 ...

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 ...