In the first half of 2023, the country's electricity production maintained growth, generating 4,168 billion KWH of electricity, up 3.8% year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on July 17.
From January to June, thermal power grew 7.5% year on year, hydropower fell 22.9%, nuclear power grew 6.5%, wind power grew 16%, and solar power grew 7.4%.
Specifically, from January to June, the absolute power generation capacity of thermal power was 2,945.7 billion KWH, an increase of 7.5%. Hydropower capacity was 450.4 billion KWH, down 22.9 percent year on year; Wind power generation was 424.6 billion KWH, up 16% year on year; The volume of nuclear power was 211.9 billion KWH, up 6.5 percent year on year; Solar power generation was 135.3 billion KWH, up 7.4 percent year on year.
In June, the country generated 739.9 billion KWH of electricity, up 2.8 percent year on year.
By type, in June, the absolute power generation of thermal power was 522.8 billion KWH, an increase of 14.2%. Absolute hydropower generation was 98.2 billion KWH, down 33.9% year on year; Absolute wind power generation was 55.7 billion KWH, down 1.8% year-on-year. Nuclear power capacity was 37.2 billion KWH, up 13.8% year on year; Absolute solar power generation was 25.9 billion KWH, up 8.8% year on year.
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