China to consume one-third of the world’s electricity by 2025

Friday, 31 March 2023

As the Chinese economy emerges from strict Covid-restrictions, the Asian powerhouse is forecast to consume one-third of global electricity supply by 2025, up from one quarter ten years earlier. “China will need more electricity than the EU, the US and India combined,” said Keisuke Sadamori, the International Energy Agency's (IEA) director of energy markets and security. 


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