| China is the world's second largest consumer of | | | | Key features of this report |
| energy, consuming more than 11% of the world's total | | | | Profiles of each country's electricity infrastructure |
| electricity consumption. It is second to only to the US in | | | | including electricity networks and their ownership, and |
| electricity consumption. China has in excess of 792,530 | | | | generation capacities. |
| MW of installed electricity generating capacity with | | | | An understanding of Asia Pacific electricity regulation, |
| new capacity additions on an almost daily basis. Coal is | | | | including local legislation, competitive conditions and |
| the main source of fuel for electricity production in | | | | market reforms. |
| China, but recently, the demand for natural gas has | | | | Electricity supply data in TeraWattHours as well as |
| also increased in the power sector, mainly because of | | | | production, power imports and exports by country. |
| environmental reasons. In the past few years, China's | | | | Gas demand data by consumer type divided into |
| production and consumption have increased rapidly. | | | | residential, non-residential and power generation in |
| India is presently the sixth largest electricity generating | | | | MegaWatts. |
| country in the world and accounts for about 4% of the | | | | Key findings from this report |
| world's total electricity generation. It is also currently | | | | 1. In China's power market, 50% of generation comes |
| ranked sixth in terms of annual electricity consumption, | | | | from central government-owned power companies, |
| accounting for about 3.5% of the world's total annual | | | | which include five power generators and two nuclear |
| electricity consumption. | | | | power generators; 40% comes from local |
| Japan's power industry is divided in to ten regions and | | | | government-owned power companies; and private and |
| each region is dominated by one privately owned, | | | | foreign independent power producers hold only a 10% |
| integrated power company, each of which acts as a | | | | market share. |
| regional monopoly in its own area. The largest of these | | | | 2. Annual electricity generation and consumption in India |
| is the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). | | | | have increased by about 64% over the past decade, |
| These companies account for more than three | | | | and India's projected rate of increase for electricity |
| quarters of Japan's electricity capacity and also control | | | | consumption—estimated at as much as 8-10% |
| the country's regional transmission and distribution | | | | annually through to 2020— is one of the highest in |
| infrastructure. Other players in the electricity market | | | | the world. |
| are the Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC), which | | | | 3. Hong Kong's total installed electricity capacity is |
| operates three nuclear power plants, and the Electric | | | | around 10,664MW. The country imports its fuels for |
| Power Development Company (known as J-Power), | | | | power generation from China. Coal being the major |
| which operates 16GW of hydroelectric and thermal | | | | fuel followed by natural gas. |
| power plants. | | | | |