Why is that? Despite its economy struggling with a real-estate bubble, manufacturing in China is still expanding and thus requiring more electricity. Up +9.2% YoY or +63TWh YoY in September, power consumption in China expanded faster than in previous months (+5.3% on average for Jan-Sep’23) and the year-on-year increase in September was equivalent to Switzerland’s annual power output!
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