In the next three days, most of southern China is expected to be hit by temperatures of more than 35 degrees Celsius. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Sizzling temperatures, coupled with strong convection storms, are set to blanket southern China in coming days, with the persistently hot weather driving up demand for electricity and putting power grids under severe stress.
The power load in key manufacturing hubs in the south including Guangdong has risen to historical highs in recent days, with China Southern Power Grid, one of the country’s two grid operators, seeing output hitting 222 million kilowatts, approaching historical highs. In the provincial capital of Guangzhou, the power load climbed to 21 million kW on May 30, up by more than 20 per cent from a year earlier.
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