China’s power generation rose 9.9 per cent year on year to 824.8 billion kilowatt-hours in August, official data showed.
The country’s National Bureau of Statistics said the August growth rate was 5.4 percentage points higher than that registered in July.
The report said that specifically, both thermal power and wind power generation posted faster growth in August, rising 14.8 per cent and 28.2 percent from a year ago, respectively.
It said that solar power generation also grew 10.9 per cent year on year.
“Hydropower output, however, shrank 11 per cent year on year in August, while that of nuclear power edged down 0.6 per cent from the previous year.
“China’s power generation amounted to 5.6 trillion kilowatt-hours in the first eight months, a year-on-year increase of 2.5 per cent,’’ the data showed.
