China's demand for power: a limitation on growth?

✍ Scribed by Chris Anastasi

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 722 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1040-6190
• DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6190(97)80505-2

✦ Synopsis

China expects demand fey electricity to quadruple over the next 20 years, bringing with it economic growth and improved quality of life for millions. However, critical analysis of a number of key resource and infrastructure issues suggests that meeting this demand for electricity may be China's highest hurdle development.

to continued economic Chuis Aiznstrrsi C hina's economic growth, by its sheer size, has led to all kinds of grandiose projections for Chinese success, without any reliable yardstick by which to assess them. Nevertheless, while China