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GD goes all out to guarantee power supply
    2021-09-27  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

GUANGDONG has made all-out efforts to cope with the recent power supply shortage caused by high temperatures and growing electricity consumption of secondary and tertiary industries.

In Guangdong, when the temperature is between 31 to 37 degrees Celsius, the electrical load grows by 2 to 3 million kilowatts for each increasing degree Celsius of temperature. Since early September, under the influence of a subtropical high and two typhoons, the province has been seized by hot and dry weather that brought a surge in power consumption. As of Thursday, the highest electric load of Guangdong reached 141 million kilowatts, rising 11 percent over last year.

Meanwhile, the electricity demand has also increased rapidly this year, especially from secondary and tertiary industries that are currently in a peak season of orders. From January to August, the electricity consumption in Guangdong was 525.273 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 17.33 percent year on year, while that of secondary and tertiary industries has risen respectively by 18.30 percent and 23.13 percent. However, tight primary energy supplies, rising fuel prices, possible intermittent failures in peak-hour power generation facilities and other factors have affected the power suppliers’ generation capacities that resulted in power supply shortages.

Many cities in Guangdong have initiated emergency plans to cope with the tight power supply. Industrial enterprises are required to operate only during off-peak hours for four or five days a week.

Guangdong has made effort to guarantee sufficient thermal coal and natural gas supplies to meet power generation needs and urged power plants to store sufficient fuels and other materials needed for power generation and to ensure the stable operation of peak-hour generating sets.

It has also advanced the construction of key power supply projects to ensure that the projects are put into operation as scheduled. (Lin Lin)

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