Search Results

Results 1 - 10

Rebound powers ahead

Business | Energy
2009-7-22

CHINA'S power generation in the first 10 days of this month rose by 3 percent year on year, continuing the rebound last month, according to the power dispatch center of the State Grid Corp of China. Power consumption...

State Grid Plans To Start Building 3 More UHV Lines

Business | Energy
2009-1-20

THE State Grid Corp of China, the nation's biggest power supplier, said it would start building three more ultra-high voltage power lines this year. The plan, announced on Sunday, came after the company successfully...

Investment in power supplies to more than double

Business | Foreign investment
2008-11-17

THE State Grid Corp of China, the country's biggest power supplier, plans to more than double its investment for the next two years to a total of 1.16 trillion yuan (US$169.9 billion) for grid construction nationwide. ...

Electricity price could rise further

Business | Energy
2008-8-21

CHINA could further raise electricity prices as the latest hike in on-grid charges is insufficient to cover surging coal costs, analysts said. On Tuesday, the government raised the price of coal-fired electricity...

Power coal stockpiles up 7 percent

Business | Energy
2008-8-8

STATE Grid Corp of China, supplier of electricity to more than a billion people, said the coal stockpiles of power plants connected to its network have risen after the government took steps to boost supplies of the...

Power shortage fear as coal stocks fall

Business | Energy
2008-7-22

THE State Grid Corp of China, which supplies power to more than 1 billion people in the country, said yesterday that thermal-coal stockpiles had fallen by 8 percent over two weeks, potentially worsening a nationwide...

Expensive grid repairs

Business | Energy
2008-6-5

STATE Grid Corp of China, the country's largest electricity distributor, said repairs to its national grid after last month's earthquake in Sichuan Province cost 34.6 billion yuan (US$4.99 billion). The Beijing-based...

Power bonds

Business | Energy
2008-2-27

State Grid Corp of China, the nation's largest electricity distributor, will sell 20 billion yuan (US$2.8 billion) of bonds tomorrow to fund grid expansion, the Beijing-based company said on the official Chinabond...

Restoring power 'will cost billions'

Business | Energy
2008-2-22

State Grid Corp of China, the bigger of the country's two electricity distributors, said it needs 39 billion yuan (US$5 billion) to restore power links after heavy snowstorms damaged transmission lines. According...

Electricity companiespressed to switch on

National
2008-2-19

THE government has asked its power grid companies to expedite efforts to get electricity back on for all snow-affected regions by the end of March. The State Grid Corp of China and China Southern Power Grid should...