China s power consumption grows 26% in Jan-Feb
China s electricity consumption in the first two months grew 26 percent year-on-year to 626.4 billion kWh, citing the National Energy Administration.
The electricity consumption volume in February was 272.1 billion kWh, up 10.54 percent from the previous year.
Consumption in the primary industry sector topped 12.5 billion kWh last month, up 13.36 percent year-on-year.
Secondary industry consumption rose 30.18 percent to 455.4 billion kWh, and the tertiary sector demand was up 20.15 percent to 74.2 billion kWh in February.
Residential power use rose 12.8 percent to 84.3 billion kWh.