China Southern Grid power load hits all-time high again

Electricity load across the five southern provinces covered by China Southern Power Grid (CSG) hit 278 million kilowatts (kW) at 5:16 pm on August 11, renewing the all-time high for a fifth time this summer, CSG has reported.

CSG is one of the two major state-owned power grid enterprises in China and is responsible for the power grid across five southern provinces – Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hainan as well as Hong Kong and Macau. Of these provinces, Guangdong, the country's top manufacturing powerhouse with the largest