El Niño Stresses China’s Power Market With Return to Costly Gas

Bloomberg Markets21 October 2026, 23:31 UTCPeople's Republic of China

China’s industrial heartland of Guangdong is being forced to turn back to costlier natural gas to meet rising electricity demand, after the El Niño weather pattern curtailed hydropower and wind output.

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