Review of2011 and Prospect of 2012 of Power Supply and Demand in China
Since 2011, affected by the weak international economic demand and domestic macroeconomic regulation, the growth rate of electricity consumption has decreased steadily. Most provinces, however, has electricity shortfalls caused by shortage of water or coal. It is predicted that along with pre- and micro-adjustment of macroeconomic policies, it is less likely in 2012 that China's economic growth will slide substantially and the power demand growth will not slow down rapidly as it was in the year 2008 or 2009. But in 2012, electricity deficiency will remain in the country, because the unsolved problem of pricing mechanism of coal and electricity linkage, the lagged trans-region transmission projects and uncertainty of water for hydropower.
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