China’s 10-month generation volume up 14.9%

China’s nationwide power generation volume rose 14.9 percent year-on-year to 3.422 billion kilowatt hours in the first 10 months. The growth rate was up 11.7 percentage points year-on-year.

According to Capital Vue citing the National Development and Reform Commission website, in the first 10 months, thermal power generation rose 14.4 percent year-on-year, with the rate of growth up 12.6 percentage points from a year ago. Hydropower generation rose 16.2 percent year-on-year, with the rate of growth up 8.1 percentage points year-on-year.

Power generation in October rose 5.9 percent year-on-year to 332.9 billion kilowatt hours. The growth rate was down by 11.2 percentage points year-on-year. Thermal power generation fell 0.6 percent while hydropower generation gained 43 percent year-on-year.

In the first 10 months, power consumption nationwide totaled 3.485 trillion kilowatt hours, including 84.1 billion kilowatt hours used by primary industries, 2.593 trillion kilowatt hours by secondary industries, 376.8 billion kilowatt hours by tertiary industries and 431.1 billion kilowatt hours by rural and urban households.

Power consumption in October totaled 340 billion kilowatt hours.