Which countries are suffering from electricity shortage and why?

hintmaster

http://www.bjreview.com.cn/200440/Cover-200440(A).htm As the largest consumer of coal, steel and copper and the second largest consumer of oil and electric power after the United States, China’s voracious appetite for energy resources is creating a shortage that has resulted in a major bottleneck for the country’s economy. A power shortage in the Yangtze River Delta was rapidly followed by coal and oil shortages stretching across the northeast, east, south and southwest of the country. The situation begs the questions: Are these the signals of an energy crisis? Is it true that China demands more than it can supply? How will China adapt to this situation with new energy strategies? Dec 03 06, 10:18 AM

zbeckabee

Most regions of Tajikistan's have been hit by severe natural gas and power shortages during the past five days. (Nov. 28--'06) It is unclear whether they are linked to efforts to build a dam on the Vakhsh River, a tributary of the Amudariya River, whose source is in neighboring Kyrgyzstan. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/11/933c4ee7-8522-4a4a-8286-931cd9e0374c.html Dec 03 06, 12:15 PM