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A tower of the electric power line Kurzeme Circle (Kurzemes Loks) is pictured on June 18, 2020, in Tukums, near Riga, Latvia. – Latvia completed a new high-voltage power line to Estonia on December 21, 2020, in the latest step in aligning electricity grids in the Baltic states with European Union neighbours instead of Russia. (Photo by Gints Ivuskans / AFP)
Tens of millions across China are facing power shortages in below-freezing winter temperatures, as three provinces impose curbs on electricity use due to surging demand and a squeezed coal supply.
Residents, factories and businesses in Hunan, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces have been ordered to ration electricity with some areas citing a shortfall in coal supplies, according to local media reports and government notices.