China s April electricity consumption rises 23%
From: Xinhua
China s electricity consumption rose 23.1 percent year on year to 339.4 billion kilowatt-hours (KWhs) in April, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said in a statement on its website Friday.
The growth rate was two percentage points higher than March, indicating the country s power consumption remained high.
Consumption in the primary industry grew 6.2 percent from a year earlier to 8.2 billion KWhs.
Industrial use of electricity rose 25.6 percent from a year earlier to 254.4 billion KWhs in April, 0.8 percent lower than the previous month.
In breakdown, heavy industry, a major consumer of China s electricity, used 211.3 billion KWhs in April, up 28.7 percent year on year, while light industry s power use increased 12.3 percent to 43.1 billion KWhs.
Tertiary industry power consumption increased 17.65 percent to 33.7 billion KWhs.
China s electricity generation rose 21.4 percent year on year to 331.64 billion kilowatt-hours (KWhs) in April, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday.
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