Shanghai Nights Turn Darker to Cope with Temporary Power Shortage

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Shanghai Nights Turn Darker to Cope with Temporary Power Shortage

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Shanghai municipal government has ordered the suspension of all scenic lighting from Tuesday eveningas an energy shortage in China's biggest industrial and commercial center is exacerbated by hot summer weather.

Municipal officials said the heatwave and the rapid economic development had exerted unprecedented pressure on the power supplyin the city.

The halt of scenic illumination in Shanghai would lessen to some extent the insufficient electricity supply at nights in the city.

Meanwhile, the municipal government has also decided to restrict electricity use at some companies and construction sites

As the temperature last week soared to a record high 39.6 degrees Celsius in Shanghai, the overload of 13.62 million kilowatts a day had far exceeded the city's power supply capacity, officials said.

Authorities had to resort to blackouts during the peak hours ofenergy consumption after electric power experts warned of a possible breakdown of its power grid if the overload continued.

Though the electricity generated by the Three Gorges Project began to feed Shanghai this month, the city still needs another 400,000 kilowatts per day.

Preliminary statistics show that the energy shortage has affected the electricity use of more than 1,000 companies in the city.

Power shortages have also been reported in other parts of China, especially the eastern coastal provinces like Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui, and southern Guangdong province.

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