A Novel Extrapolation-Based Grey Prediction Model for Forecasting China’s Total Electricity Consumption

Table 2

China’s electricity consumption from 2000 to 2017 (unit: billion kilowatt-hours).

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Electricity consumption	1347.2	1463.4	1633.2	1903.2	2197.1	2494	2858.9	3271.2	3454.1
Year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Electricity consumption	3703.2	4193.5	4700.1	4976.3	5420.3	5638.4	5802.0	6192.7	6482.1

Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China [1].