China leads world in preparing for extreme weather threats to power supplies

Heat waves have caused power demand from air-conditioners to surge. - Reuters

BEIJING (Bloomberg): It’s not even June, and China is fielding sweltering temperatures in Shanghai, and peak power demand from Guangdong to Hainan.

Extreme weather is already promising a fresh test of the electricity grid just months after heat waves and drought throttled hydropower and triggered widespread power shortages. The good news is that China is better prepared than many other countries, according to a report from The Lantau Group.