Niet alleen Yiwu met z'n 1.2 mln inwoners, zie https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2020/12/22/tens-of-millions-in-china-facing-winter-power-blackouts-rationing/
Speculation has swirled online that the power shortages may be self-inflicted as a result of China’s embargo of Australian coal, which has left ships stranded at ports, unable to offload large quantities of coal. However, Australian coal only made up about 3% of last year’s total coal imports of 265 million tonnes, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/the-whole-city-was-dark-china-rations-electricity-for-millions/articleshow/79854450.cms
Chinese officials have denied that the ban on Australian coal is responsible for the current squeeze on energy, noting that in 2018 less than 8% of China’s coal consumption involved imported coal; much of Australia’s coal s also used for steel and other metals, not power. But the government has also acknowledged, with rare bluntness, the scale of the problem.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3115119/china-suffers-worst-power-blackouts-decade-post-coronavirus
From January to November 2020, China consumed 6,677.2 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, more than the annual totals for 2017 and 2018.
Het nadeel van een plan-economie als ineens overal de productie = energievraag explodeert.
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