WHICH INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE POWER SHORTAGES? Others have been told to shut until further notice or a particular date, including soybean processing plants in Tianjin in eastern China which have been shut since Sept.

and 11 p.m., or shut operations entirely for two to three days a week. Some power providers have sent notices to heavy users to either halt production during peak power periods that can run from 7 a.m. Local governments in major manufacturing hubs like Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Guangdong provinces have asked factories to limit power usage or curb output. Power rationing is currently taking place in at least nine provinces and regions. HOW ARE REGIONS NOW LIMITING POWER FOR CERTAIN USERS?

However, it was revealed that 10 provinces and regions - including major coal producers like Inner Mongolia - had still failed to meet existing energy efficiency targets in the first half, largely as a result of a post-lockdown recovery that analysts say relied on energy intensive heavy industry.īut despite the curbs, China's total power generation through August of 2021 was still 10.1% greater than in the same period in 2020, and nearly 15% more than in the same slot in 2019 as utilities across the country cranked up power to meet surging industrial demand. Provincial authorities in Inner Mongolia and Guangdong have both ordered industries - including energy-intensive aluminium smelters - to reduce electricity use. The recent shortages have come about despite Beijing's efforts to curb heavy industrial power usage. WHAT HAPPENED TO CHINA'S PLANS TO CURB INDUSTRIAL POWER USE?

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