Les électriciens chinois de la State Grid Corporation of China vérifier et réparer les appareils électriques à un poste de transformation Yichang city, le centre de Menton
Chinese electricians of the State Grid Corporation of China check and repair electrical devices at a transformer station in Yichang city, central Chinas Hubei province, 10 August 2013. Despite the worst heat wave in 140 years, China has not experienced the peak power shortages that typically come with increased electricity use in the summer, a sign that Chinas economic slowdown has been taking its toll on the power sector. China typically endures peak power shortages in the summer due to a rise in demand for electricity. Last year, Chinas National Energy Administration warned that summer power shortages during peak periods would total about 18 gigawatts. That figure was down from a shortfall of as much as 40 gigawatts in 2011, the NEA said. Although the China Electricity Council, an industry group comprised of Chinas largest state-owned power producers, predicted in 2011 that China would face electricity shortages of as much as 70 gigawatts this year, a downturn in the Chinese economy has slowed demand for electricity. Chinas power consumption in the first half of 2013 grew just 5.1%, down from a 5.5% rise in 2012 and an increase of 11.7% in 2011, the NEA has said.
