National Energy Administration: Driven by emerging industries such as computing power, electricity consumption equivalent to 3 Shanghai's is expected to be added each year

Ge Ju, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department of the National Energy Administration, said that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, driven by emerging industries such as computing power, China's electricity demand will still grow rigidly, with an expected average annual increase of about 600 billion kWh, equivalent to adding the electricity consumption of 3 Shanghai's each year. During this year's summer peak period, the national electricity load set new historical records 4 times, with the maximum value increasing by 50 million kilowatts compared with last year.