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China's power use surges 16%
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November 14, 2009, Saturday
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CHINA'S National Energy Administration announced yesterday that the country's power consumption in October rose 15.87 percent annually to 313.42 billion kilowatt-hours, up for the 5th consecutive month since June.
The growth is 5.63 percentage points higher than the September figure. Accumulative power consumption in the first 10 months of this year totaled 2977.5 billion kwh of electricity, up 2.97 percent over the same period last year.
China's industrial sector used 232.4 billion kwh of electricity in October, up 2.2 percent from September and 17.7 percent year on year, according to NEA statistics.
In a breakdown, 193.3 billion kwh out of the 232.4 billion kwh was consumed by heavy industry, posting a 4.4 percent monthly growth and 20.11 percent growth annually. The rest was consumed by light industry, posting a 6.88 percent monthly growth.
Of the power consumed in the first 10 months of the year, 80.2 billion kwh went to primary industry, which covers agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery.
The secondary industry, including mining, manufacturing, building and construction sectors, consumed 2191.2 billion kwh while the tertiary industry consumed 325.9 billion kwh, according to NEA.
The growth is 5.63 percentage points higher than the September figure. Accumulative power consumption in the first 10 months of this year totaled 2977.5 billion kwh of electricity, up 2.97 percent over the same period last year.
China's industrial sector used 232.4 billion kwh of electricity in October, up 2.2 percent from September and 17.7 percent year on year, according to NEA statistics.
In a breakdown, 193.3 billion kwh out of the 232.4 billion kwh was consumed by heavy industry, posting a 4.4 percent monthly growth and 20.11 percent growth annually. The rest was consumed by light industry, posting a 6.88 percent monthly growth.
Of the power consumed in the first 10 months of the year, 80.2 billion kwh went to primary industry, which covers agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery.
The secondary industry, including mining, manufacturing, building and construction sectors, consumed 2191.2 billion kwh while the tertiary industry consumed 325.9 billion kwh, according to NEA.
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