The country is on track to face its hottest June on record. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – A heatwave that tormented parts of southern China earlier this month has moved northwards, sending temperatures soaring to over 40 deg C in much of the north-east,The country is on track to face its hottest June on record, with parts of Shandong province already reporting scorching heat of over 43 deg C this week, while theAs China braces itself for the full impact of summer, the heat is also putting the world’s biggest renewable energy market to the test.
An extended drought and scorching temperatures led to intermittent power cuts in parts of China last year, especially in south-western province Sichuan, where 80 per cent of its energy use comes from hydropower. “Heatwaves are kind of the start of a vicious cycle downwards. You’re creating climate change, and then you’re causing more demand for energy, and then it’s creating more climate change,” Ms Malavika Bambawale, Apac managing director at multinational utility company Engie’s sustainability division Engie Impact, told Reuters.
The NEA also staged an emergency power drill on the state grid’s eastern network, simulating a power cut in order to test the system’s back-up and early warning mechanisms. And until better storage solutions are invented for renewable energy, fossil fuel will still be the most reliable way of ensuring energy security, said Mr Kelvin Pooh, founder and chief executive of EagleRE, a firm specialising in renewable energy solutions.
But in the coming weeks, China has to look for more pragmatic solutions to keep the lights on while beating the heat.
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