Economy

China's power consumption rises 14.14% in June

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-14 11:50

BEIJING - China's power consumption rose 14.14 percent year-on-year to 352 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in June, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said in a statement on its website Wednesday.

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The growth rate was 6.66 percentage points lower than in May.

In the first half year, China's electricity consumption topped 2.01 trillion kWh, up 21.57 percent on a year-on-year basis.

Primary industry consumption grew 5.61 percent to 45.1 billion kWh in the first half on a year-on-year basis.

Industrial use of electricity rose 24.24 percent to 1.52 trillion kWh in the first half on a year-on-year basis.

Tertiary industry power consumption rose 16.19 percent to 208.6 billion kWh in the first half on a year-on-year basis.