The temperatures in the province of sichuan were above 40ºC in recent days, causing an increase in energy demand for air conditioners.
At the same time, the region relies heavily on dams for power, but the heat wave has dried up reservoirs and exacerbated electricity shortages.
A local energy company indicated that Dazhoua city of 5.4 million people in the northeast of the province, was receiving an intermittent supply on Wednesday, according to the Shanghai-based online newspaper The Paper.
As a result, residents faced power outages of up to three hours that will be extended if necessary, the newspaper added, citing Dazhou Electric Power Group.
“The load on the lines is too high” and affects both urban areas and the towns and villages around Dazhou, The Paper reported.
Chinese industry affected
Several factories in Sichuan were forced to stop their activity after the authorities ordered to prioritize the supply of energy to residential areas.
Affected plants include a joint venture of Toyota with a local company in the provincial capital, chengduwhich stopped its activity on Monday.
Chinese media reports that the largest manufacturer of batteries for electric cars, Contemporary Amperex Technologyalso stopped its production in the city of Yibin.
Sichuan concentrates half of the Chinese production of lithiuma necessary material in electric car batteries.
The region also has many hydroelectric plants that supply the important industrial areas of the east coast of China.
A notice published over the weekend ordered a halt to industrial activity in 19 of the 21 cities in the province.
Multiple cities in China have recorded the highest temperatures in their history this year.
The national meteorological observatory extended its red alert for high temperatures on Wednesday, the highest on a four-level scale.
Scientists say that these extreme weather events are more frequent and intense around the world due to climate change.
Source: Ambito
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