A look at China’s electricity grid: how it works, who foots the bill, and how its structure leads to power crunches and expensive prices despite the relative abundance of energy in China.
Chinese workers at the construction site of the Ximeng-Taizhou ±800kV UHVDC (high voltage direct current) Project in Taizhou city, Jiangsu Province, May 1, 2017. Credit: Imaginechina via AP Images
The cost of electricity is rising for consumers around the world. China isn’t facing the kind of dire energy crunch faced by many consumers in Europe, but recurring power outages since last year are a reminder that it has electricity problems of its own.
Data: State Grid annual reports
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