China gas and power month in brief: balancing acts are increasingly difficult
Report summary
Table of contents
- Executive summary
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Markets
- Ramp up in contracted volumes continues to drive LNG imports
- Industrial recovery drives up power demand growth, but challenges remain
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Policy
- Something has to give: renewables or nuclear?
- Electricity may win over gas when ‘2+26’ cities phase out coal
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Corporate activity
- The pendulum has swung back: coal generators are once again disadvantaged
- Guanghui tenders for five cargoes to be delivered between May and December 2017
- CNOOC allies with JERA and KOGAS for flexible LNG contract terms
- Birth of a nuclear Titan: CNNC and CNEC plan for a merger
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Smog watch
- ‘Two Sessions blue’ makes a brief appearance
Tables and charts
This report includes 7 images and tables including:
- China gas and power month in brief: balancing acts are increasingly difficult: Image 1
- Monthly gas demand
- Monthly LNG demand
- Monthly power demand
- China gas and power month in brief: balancing acts are increasingly difficult: Image 5
- China gas and power month in brief: balancing acts are increasingly difficult: Image 6
- Beijing AQI
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