China’s Guangdong province will boost gas consumption by 65.5% in the five years to 2025 on the back of industrial coal-to-gas switching and new natural gas-fired power plants, the provincial regulator Guangdong Development and Reform Commission said April 13. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Guangdong’s natural gas consumption is expected to reach 48 Bcm by 2025 compared with 29 Bcm in 2020, and rise about 32% from 36.4 Bcm in 2021. In 2021, Guangdong accounted for close to 10% of China’s total natural gas consumption of 372.6 Bcm, making it the country’s largest natural gas consuming province in the year. Guangdong views natural gas as an important option for its energy transition, and will actively promote the development of natural gas power generation and introduce efficient use of natural gas in industrial, commercial, transportation, household and other sectors, GDRC said […]