Beijing's maximum power load in this summer will reach about 13
million kilowatts, up 20 percent over the same period last
year.
Air-conditioning is expected to consume 4.9 million kilowatts of
electricity, or 38 percent of the maximum power load, according to
information from North China Power Grid (NCPG).
The maximum power load will reach 33 million kilowatt in the
Jingjintang Grid which supply power to Beijing, Tianjin, and
Tangshan city in neighboring Hebei province, NCPG said.
"Power supply can meet the demand but continuous hot and humid
weather can result in a 1.1 million kw power shortage in the
Jingjintang Grid." said Yinqiong, vice president of NCPG.
In order to ease the power supply bottleneck, NCPG plans to
invest 40.2 billion yuan (US$5.22 billion) on projects to increase
the power grid's transformation capacity from 2006 to 2010. This
year, 8.3 billion yuan (US$1.1 billion) will be invested.
According to the statistics of the corporation, the maximum
power load in the capital city has already reached 10.14 million
kilowatts, up 7.2 percent over the same period last year.
(Xinhua News Agency May 13, 2007)