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皇冠体育app's power consumption continues to rise in Sept

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-15 11:23

皇冠体育app's power consumption in September continued to rise with a faster increasing rate, according to 皇冠体育app's National Energy Administration on Thursday.

Power consumption in September rose 10.24 percent from the same month last year to 322.41 billion kWh last month. The increasing rate was 2 percentage points up from that of August.

Accumulative power consumption in the first nine months topped 2.66 trillion kWh, an increase of 1.4 percent over the same period last year.

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In the first three quarters, power consumption of the primary industry which covers agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, added 6.35 percent from a year earlier to 72.5 billion kWh.

The second industry, including mining, manufactural, building and construction sectors, consumed 1.95 trillion kWh, representing a decrease of 1.67 percent over the same period last year.

Power consumption in the service sector climbed 11.26 percent year-on-year to 293.5 billion kWh in the first three quarters.