Quarterly power use sees fast rise
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GROWTH in China’s quarterly power consumption rose the fastest in the first three months since 2012 as cleaner energy plays a greater role in electricity usage, the National Energy Administration said yesterday.
Electricity use rose 9.8 percent in the first quarter, up 2.9 percentage points from a year ago and was the fastest quarterly growth since 2012.
The growth was boosted by China’s coal-to-electricity policy which urges residents to use electricity instead of coal for heating, said Li Fulong, spokesman of the NEA.
Around 2 million households were heated with 1.2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, instead of coal, between winter and spring in north China, Li said.
China will invest 40.5 billion yuan (US$6.4 billion) in upgrading electricity power grid in rural regions this year to replace coal which causes pollution.
Investment in wind, hydro, nuclear and solar power surged 18 percent annually in the first quarter, “far above the average 10.5 percent for investment in electricity,” he added, as clean energy plays a larger role in China’s electricity use.
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