China's thermal energy generation increased by 1.9% from Jan-Nov, despite a growth in renewables.
Official data released on Monday showed that China's fossil fuel power generation increased by 1.9% in the first eleven months of this year. This is despite the rapid expansion of renewable energy plants in the last few years.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, thermal power generation from January to December was 5.74 trillion Kilowatt-hours.
Thermal power production in November increased by 1.4% on an annual basis to 517.5 billion kWh.
In November, the hydropower output dropped 1.9% compared to last year. It was 82.3 billion kWh. Hydropower has still seen an increase of 11.2% for the entire year. This is due to the surge in output that occurred during the summer after heavy rains in many parts.
The NBS data includes power generated by industrial enterprises with annual revenues of at least 20 millions yuan (2.8 million dollars).
In November, the total power generation of all types of plants increased by 0.9% to 749.9 billion kWh. The monthly NBS reports understate the amount of wind and solar power generated because the annual minimum revenue threshold excludes some small-scale renewable energy.
NBS data revealed that the total power generation for the first 11 month of the year increased by 5%, to 8,57 trillion kWh. (Reporting and editing by Nicholas Yong; Colleen Howe)
(source: Reuters)
