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Electricity use rises 3.3%

CHINA’S consumption of electricity grew 3.3 percent year on year in November to 463 billion kilowatt-hours, the National Energy Administration said yesterday.

The figure brought total power use during the first 11 months to more than 5 trillion kWh, up 3.7 percent year on year.

During the January-November period, power use in primary industries totaled 92.5 billion kwh, up 0.4 percent; secondary industries used 3.67 trillion kWh, up 3.8 percent; and the tertiary industry consumed 607 billion kWh, up 6.1 percent.

Residential power use grew 2 percent year on year to 638 billion kWh, the data showed.

During the first 11 months, newly installed power generation capacity hit 67 million kilowatts.




 

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