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Global power reduction

Business Daily today is about the first ever fall in global electricity use. The head of South Africa's big power company tells us what it means there. And China rethinks its policy.

Something very significant has happened on this planet, and that is that the amount of electricity produced has actually fallen for the first time in our modern, electric-powered times.
The global slow-down and recession have led to power stations producing less in countries as different as Spain, China and South Africa. Steve Evans hears from the head of South Africa's big power company and China rethinks its policy.

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Thu 16 Jul 2009 07:32GMT

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  • Thu 16 Jul 2009 07:32GMT

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