| China sees double-digit rise in power demand |
SHANGHAI, Aug. 24 -- CHINA'S power demand rose 15.68 percent in the first seven months from a year ago to 1.82 trillion kilowatt-hours, while its major power plants generated 1.78 trillion kwh of electricity, up 16.5 percent.
Power consumption reached a peak in July when demand surged 10 percent from the previous month, the China Electricity Council said in a report posted on its Website.
With coal feeding most of China's energy needs, thermal power stations contributed 85.3 percent, or 1.52 trillion kwh, to the total supply in the first seven months, up 18.6 percent from the same period of last year.
Hydropower stations generated 224 billion kwh, up 3.9 percent year on year, while nuclear power stations produced 32.6 billion kwh, up 6.7 percent.
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