11% power plant in China Facing Collapse Coal Stock Running Low
Economy February 15th, 2010
As many as 11% power plant in China is threatened closing of coal stocks because of depletion of bamboo curtain country. A total of 803 power plant in China only has coal stock of less than 10 days.
It is quoted by Xinhua News Agency, Tuesday (12/01). Xinhua reported that China is currently being hit by winter’s heavy enough. It encourages the use of coal for power plant larger and larger, so the impact on the coal stocks are shrinking fast.
Concentration of coal stock shrinkage occurred in 5 provinces and several municipalities, including major coal mining area in Shanxi province of China. The situation reportedly got worse. 598 coal stocks at power plant in China is only sufficient for 9 days. Then as many as 205 other power plant has a stock of coal just not up to 7 days.
Last week, the region Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei and Chongqing, there is a shortage of electricity due to lack of available electrical power. At the same time, the temperature in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Inner Mongolia, and North and South China declined to be 6-8 degrees Celsius.
