May 2021, only just into the summer, Guangdong, Yunnan and many other places burst out to start pulling the plug to limit electricity, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and other places have recently been rumored a variety of power restrictions. The China Coal Industry Association has also issued an initiative to “do a good job of ensuring supply and price stability during the peak summer season”. Netizens said that the power shortage fear in the mainland has become the norm, the winter power restrictions, summer also to limit power. There are also netizens ridiculed: boycott Australia’s coal, and smashed their own feet.
According to official media reports, some users in Guangzhou, Foshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Chaozhou and other places were asked to stagger power consumption; power supply is tight, and the spot price of electricity in Guangdong rose for two consecutive days, far exceeding the benchmark price of coal.
According to another report, Guangdong Province, which has a tight power supply, plans to implement the “open five stop two” orderly power consumption on May 18, 2021. During peak hours (9-12, 14-17, 18-21), production power will be stopped and only the security insulation load will be retained.
Yunnan is also facing power tension. According to reports, Yunnan’s aluminum plants were notified to test a 10% load compression; at the beginning of the week, the plants were notified by dispatch to press the load by 15%; last night, the plants were notified by dispatch to reduce the electricity consumption or electricity load by 40%.
On May 10, Yunnan power grid issued an emergency peak preparation pre-notice, the notice shows that the current Yunnan main reservoir overdraft serious, thermal power storage coal continues to decline, power generation is seriously less than expected, the peak electricity consumption of the day there is about 700,000 kilowatts of power gap.
Netizens have posted, complaining about the current power restrictions.
“Electricity is being restricted everywhere in the province. Exaggerated limit three days a week, which makes the factory how to live?”
“Guangzhou power restrictions, the office can not be open all day air conditioning for the past two days, forced to start the psychological cooling behavior again.”
“Because of power restrictions so no air conditioning days simply can not move, and can not think, even the water in the eyes seems to evaporate as well.”
“This is just the beginning of summer, nationwide power restrictions and power shortages are on the rise.”
“From the supply side, production restrictions, power restrictions, strict ban on new and other compression of electrolytic aluminum new supply and start-up rate, aggravated by low inventory, consumption season of electrolytic aluminum supply and demand mismatch, aluminum prices are expected to continue to move higher. From the demand side, new infrastructure and carbon neutral or open a new growth point for copper consumption, and the monetary environment continues to ease, copper prices or record highs.”
“Guangzhou power restrictions, with more than 30 degrees high temperature to work, production can not be normal.”
“The summer peak did not arrive, there are places to restrict power outages. The generality is thermal power, which is coal. Now to engage in carbon neutral, then coal production is less, the supply and demand balance situation, then the price increases, and then the high cost of thermal power, so the power is limited? The coal industry has to keep prices and stabilize supply, it’s funny.”
“Lost the meaning, power restrictions, do not give open air conditioning, arms covered with wet paper towels physical cooling.”
“The days of power restrictions are so hot that they explode.”
“Electricity restrictions in factories on weekends are meant to give you a double holiday! Then the capitalists will make you come to work at night.”
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