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China's power generation up 2.2% in first three quarters

Updated: Nov 4, 2022 Xinhua Print
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Two State Grid technicians check power transmission facilities in Chuzhou, Anhui province. [Photo by Song Weixing/For China Daily]

BEIJING -- China's power generation rose 2.2 percent year-on-year to 6.3 trillion kilowatt-hours in the first three quarters of the year, official data showed.

In September alone, the country's power generation totaled 683 billion kilowatt-hours, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Specifically, thermal power generation climbed 6.1 percent year-on-year last month while wind power generation went up 25.8 percent from a year earlier.

During this period, solar power generation surged 18.9 percent from the same period last year, up 8 percentage points from August, the data showed.

Hydropower output, however, shrank 30 percent year on year in September, while the output of nuclear power edged down 2.7 percent from the previous year.

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