20080115 Industry uses more electricity

clipped from www.chinadaily.com.cn In the first half this year, electricity consumed by the industry in China totaled 1.15 trillion kilowatts-hour, up 17.20 percent year-on-year, and 3.91 percentage points higher than the same period last year, according to statistics from the China Electricity Council, People's Daily reported Electricity consumption in the heavy industry rose 18.84 percent year-on-year Meanwhile, the light industry used 10.39 percent more electricity than a year before In terms of regional electricity consumption, the growth in those provinces in central and western China outpaced the national average level, suggesting rapid economic development there, especially in the heavy industry.